Professional Knowledge and Educational Restructuring in Europe
Developing a Conceptual Framework for Understanding
Table 1. Periodisation in national contexts – published in the Profknow Report
| National case | Periods | Basis for distinctions |
| ENGLAND | 1945–1979: Progressive narrative on welfare state expansion. 1979–1997: Marketisation narrative. 1997–2007: Narrative of the middle way: targets, tests and tables. |
The neo-liberal breakthrough as an organising principle. |
| FINLAND | 1945–1969: Preparatory phase building the welfare state. 1970–1989: the golden age. 1990–2007: restructuring. |
The welfare state as an organising principle and the planning romanticism. |
| GREECE | 1945–1967: Post war period. 1967–1974: dictatorship. 1975–1989: welfare state building. 1991–2007: restructuring. |
Dictatorship. |
| IRELAND | 1970–1986 - the demise of apprenticeship and increasing secularisation. 1987–1997 - envisioning the future partnership a new approach. 1997–2007 - opening the floodgates of reform. |
Secularisation and modernisation stories. |
| PORTUGAL | 1945–1974: dictatorship. 1974–1976: revolutionary period. 1977–1985: normalisation. 1985–2007: restructuring. |
Revolution as an organising idea. |
| SPAIN | 1939–1976 Dictatorship. 1977–1990 Normalising. 1990–2000: welfare state building. 2000–2007: restructuring. |
Dictatorship story. |
| SWEDEN | 1945–1975 Welfare state expansion - services for all. 1975–1992: Decentralisation and deregulation. 1992–2000: Marketisation. 2000–2007: Quality agenda. |
Welfare state story. |
