Intelligence testing, ethnicity, and construction of the deviant child: Foucault and special education in Sweden

Intelligence testing, ethnicity, and construction of the deviant child: Foucault and special education in Sweden

In this article, I discuss how Foucault may help us to reach a different understanding of special education. This article primarily draws on two analytical tools from Foucault’s ‘toolbox’: genealogy and governmentality. These tools are used to analyse three different cases of intelligence testing fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thom Axelsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget 2016-03-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Social Research
Subjects:
IQ testing
genealogy
governmentality
Foucault
special education
Sweden
Online Access:https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2093

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