Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling
Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling
The Social, Economic and Cultural History of School Finance in Sweden, 1840 - 1900
Westberg, Johannes
Springer International Publishing AG
07/2018
242
Mole
Inglês
9783319821078
15 a 20 dias
454
Chapter 2. The Political Will to Levy Local Taxes The school act of 1842 Tackling population growth and long school routes Unfit school buildings and ambulatory schools Economic issues and social status Conclusion
Chapter 3. Pursuing a Fair and Reasonable Economy The management of school districts' affairs A multifaceted economic culture Balancing needs and resources Budgets determined by school spending A "billig" economy The issue of frugality Strategies to increase revenues Conclusion
Chapter 4. The In-kind Economy of Early School Districts An economy of in-kind transactions Taxes in grain, hay and firewood Gifts and boarding arrangements Farmwork and janitorial services The restricted use of account books State subsidies, local taxes and interest payments Conclusion
Chapter 5. An Expanding Monetary Economy An increasingly monetized economy A liberation or a loss? A variety of local monetary taxes Rising state subsidies Loans from banks, funds and individuals Conclusion
Chapter 6. School Funding and Mass Schooling An affordable and flexible in-kind economy The benefits of an in-kind salary The thorny cow fodder question The abolition of cow fodder Damp firewood and other concerns Conflicting regimes of value Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusions The political will and economic culture From in-kind to monies The rise of mass schooling School finance and beyond
Chapter 2. The Political Will to Levy Local Taxes The school act of 1842 Tackling population growth and long school routes Unfit school buildings and ambulatory schools Economic issues and social status Conclusion
Chapter 3. Pursuing a Fair and Reasonable Economy The management of school districts' affairs A multifaceted economic culture Balancing needs and resources Budgets determined by school spending A "billig" economy The issue of frugality Strategies to increase revenues Conclusion
Chapter 4. The In-kind Economy of Early School Districts An economy of in-kind transactions Taxes in grain, hay and firewood Gifts and boarding arrangements Farmwork and janitorial services The restricted use of account books State subsidies, local taxes and interest payments Conclusion
Chapter 5. An Expanding Monetary Economy An increasingly monetized economy A liberation or a loss? A variety of local monetary taxes Rising state subsidies Loans from banks, funds and individuals Conclusion
Chapter 6. School Funding and Mass Schooling An affordable and flexible in-kind economy The benefits of an in-kind salary The thorny cow fodder question The abolition of cow fodder Damp firewood and other concerns Conflicting regimes of value Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusions The political will and economic culture From in-kind to monies The rise of mass schooling School finance and beyond