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Elite education in Sweden is less easily discernible than in most countries because of the administrative homogeneity of the system and its proclaimed egalitarian goals. There exist almost no clear-cut elite schools. Therefore, social and meritocratic divisions are found within rather than between schools and universities, and even within study programs. Hence, a sociological analysis of the educational spaces in a country such as Sweden, and the elite trajectories within those spaces, cannot be based on administrative delimitations between institutions but calls instead for fine-grained research on the distributions of assets possessed by pupils, students, and teachers and so on. These assets are material and symbolic resources inherited from the paternal home as well as acquired during the life course, including everything from grades to lifestyles. This contribution presents a research approach with the aim to overcome the obstacles presented by an educational system where elite tracks are more or less hidden and to construe elite education as a research object. Swedish Higher Education Financing, Organisation, Enrolment, Outcomes, 1950-2020 (SHEFOE) |
