Comparative Analysis of Swedish Education and Health Policies in the Context of Social Justice

Authors : İlker Manav

Pages : 225-248

Doi:10.21180/iibfdkastamonu.1464137

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Publication Date : 2024-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Educational policies aimed at preventing educational inequalities that cause socioeconomic inequalities and ensuring equality of opportunity are within the scope of the idea of social justice. Policies aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity in education aim to minimise the impact of conditions that occur against the will of individuals on the results and achievements obtained in the education process. In addition, health policies to reduce health inequalities that cause socioeconomic inequalities are also considered within the concept of social justice. In this sense, in order to ensure social justice, it is necessary to develop policies to improve socioeconomic conditions and to ensure accessibility, equity and equality in the access and provision of health services. The Swedish education system aims to ensure equality of opportunity for all children regardless of their socio-economic background and to make education services accessible to all, in the same way, the Swedish health system aims to provide high quality health services to the entire population within the framework of the principle of equality in line with welfare policies. In this study, in order to understand whether Swedish social justice practices are effective on socioeconomic inequalities, the historical process and current situation of the problems that cause these inequalities and the education and health policies implemented to address these problems are given extensive information and a comparison is made based on OECD and World Bank data in order to reach concrete results.
Keywords : Sosyoekonomik Eşitsizlik, Sosyal Adalet, Eğitim Politikaları, Sağlık Politikaları