The State, Schooling and Identity

1. Introducing the Complexity of Educational Diversification
Kari Kantasalmi, Gunilla Holm

2. Education and Nationalism in Scotland: Nationalism as a Governing Resource
Jenny Ozga

3. Language, National Identity and School: The Role of the Catalan-Language Immersion Program in Contemporary Catalan Nationalism
Montserrat Clua i Fainé

4. Geographical Divergences of Educational Credentials in the Modern Nation-State: A Case-Study of Belgium, 1961–2011
Raf Vanderstraeten, Frederik Van der Gucht

5. Nationalism as a Positive Value?
Tetyana Koshmanova, Tetyana Ravchyna

6. Saami Educational and Knowledge Claims in School Systems of the Nordic Countries
Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Kari Kantasalmi

7. Differentiation and Diversification in Compulsory Education: A Conceptual Analysis
Lauri Ojalehto, Mira Kalalahti, Janne Varjo, Sonja Kosunen

8. Cultural Capital, Equality and Diversifying Education
Anna-Kaisa Berisha, Risto Rinne, Tero Järvinen, Heikki Kinnari

9. Discourses on Gender and Achievement in Lower Secondary Education
Elisabet Öhrn, Lisa Asp-Onsjö, Ann-Sofie Holm

10. Justice in Education in the Nordic Countries: Perspectives, Challenges and Possibilities
Dennis Beach

11. Not All Students Are Equally Equal: Normality as Finnishness
Ina Juva, Gunilla Holm

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology of Education, International and Comparative Education, Education Policy