Abstract
The Danish state is successively moving towards global competition and European collaboration and, consequently, numerous changes are being made to the public sector and the way it is governed. Relations between the state and public institutions are becoming less defined by democratic, public sector governance and more defined by business-like, market place governance. As well as this, new forms of governance are emerging. Another significant change is the trend towards treating schools as freestanding, self-governing institutions that are monitored directly by the ministry and not indirectly by municipalities. Simultaneously, municipal administration is becoming increasingly hierarchical. This move to the three-layered corporate model, in which power is made more hierarchical but is less subject- or cause-oriented, is viewed by some as professionalisation. The transformation of the public sector produces new relations, positions and influences. An example of this is the task and composition of political boards and their future expectations. School boards are engaged in adjusting structures and finances and educational concerns.
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For example, WTO, World Trade Organization; OECD, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; IMF, International Monetary Fund; EU, European Union (especially ‘the Inner Market’ and the ‘Europe 2020’ statement) and the World Bank.
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Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik, Dec. 2012: http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/Nyt/2012/NR657.pdf. The numbers are corrected by removing students and retired people, etc. approximately equal to the national numbers out of employment (30–40 % of the total population).
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Moos, L., Kofod, K.K., Brinkkjær, U. (2014). School Boards in Denmark. In: Moos, L., Paulsen, J. (eds) School Boards in the Governance Process. Educational Governance Research, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05494-0_2
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