ABSTRACT Political parties are essential for the functioning of parliamentary democracy, yet parties have not received much attention in contemporary research on popular education. The aim of this article is to analyse the contemporary role of party-political education as a form of popular education in two labour movement parties in Sweden. The study is based on semi-structured interviews focusing on the reasoning behind the organisation of education in political parties. The interviews were conducted with ten interviewees who represented ABF (the Swedish workers’ educational association), the Left Party, and the Social Democratic Party. The thematic analysis resulted in four categories of roles ascribed to education in political parties: ideological training, training skilled members and leaders, training for a social infrastructure, and training for internal positioning and distinction. The first two categories correspond to knowledge-oriented roles, while the two last represent relationship-oriented roles. Findings show that party-political popular education still plays a significant role in contemporary Sweden. The shrinking member base of political parties creates challenges when new members and prospective representatives cannot be expected to have as extensive popular movement experience as previous representatives. In this situation, study activities are, to some extent, attributed more significance than previously.

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瑞典劳工运动政党中大众教育的知识导向和关系导向作用

摘要政党对于议会民主的运作至关重要，但政党在当代大众教育研究中并未受到太多关注。本文的目的是分析政党政治教育作为瑞典两个工人运动政党大众教育形式的当代作用。该研究基于半结构化访谈，重点关注政党教育组织背后的推理。对代表ABF（瑞典工人教育协会）、左翼党和社会民主党的10 名受访者进行了采访。专题分析产生了四类归因于政党教育的作用：意识形态培训、培训熟练的成员和领导人、培训社会基础设施、以及内部定位和区分的培训。前两类对应于面向知识的角色，而后两类代表面向关系的角色。调查结果表明，政党政治大众教育在当代瑞典仍然发挥着重要作用。当新成员和潜在代表不能像以前的代表那样具有广泛的民众运动经验时，政党成员基础的萎缩带来了挑战。在这种情况下，学习活动在某种程度上比以前更重要。调查结果表明，政党政治大众教育在当代瑞典仍然发挥着重要作用。当新成员和潜在代表不能像以前的代表那样拥有广泛的民众运动经验时，政党成员基础的萎缩带来了挑战。在这种情况下，学习活动在某种程度上比以前更重要。调查结果表明，政党政治大众教育在当代瑞典仍然发挥着重要作用。当新成员和潜在代表不能像以前的代表那样具有广泛的民众运动经验时，政党成员基础的萎缩带来了挑战。在这种情况下，学习活动在某种程度上比以前更重要。