This paper analyses the relation between normative intentions and tangible assets. I presume that resources are always limited and each decision with financial impact is predefined by normative values on one side and by the material resources on the other side.
Also, education must be seen as valuable and worthy ...
(Show more)This paper analyses the relation between normative intentions and tangible assets. I presume that resources are always limited and each decision with financial impact is predefined by normative values on one side and by the material resources on the other side.
Also, education must be seen as valuable and worthy of support. Expectations and beliefs regarding how and for whom schools should be organised are accompanied by material resources. The central question is: who, with what kind of normative expectations, provides resources for whom and under which conditions?
This paper exemplifies the relation between the two levels (socio-economic structures and normative values) and the decisions (level of actors) and discusses the limits and possibilities of the combination of the methodological approaches in historical research.
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