I afhandlingen "Lighed gennem særbehandling?" udforsker Gro Hellesdatter Jacobsen to aktuelle former for særbehandling af etniske minoritetsbørn i folkeskolen med øget lighed som formål nemlig heldagsskoler og spredning på baggrund af sprogtest. Via en samtidsdiagnostisk tilgang sættes de to politikker i forbindelse med aktuelle samfundsmæssige tendenser, og dermed gives der bud på, hvorfor det siden 2005 har været legitimt at foretage eksplicit særbehandling, der betyder at etniske minoritetsbørns rettigheder indskrænkes. Med udgangspunkt i dokumenter, interviews og observationer vises det, hvordan særbehandlingspolitikkerne er yderst komplekst begrundet, samt hvordan de konstitueres som særbehandling. Dels medfører de nye kategorier, ekspliciteringer og struktureringer og dels gør de en forskel i etniske minoritetsbørns og deres familiers liv med hensyn til tid, sted og ansvar. Desuden vises det, hvordan tendenser til sprogfokus, undtagelser og national konkurrencestat kan forklare politikkernes fremkomst og legitimitet og hermed præsenterer afhandlingen alternativer til eksisterende kritikker af særbehandling som udtryk for nationalistisk og racistisk motiveret diskrimination.

The aim of this study is to examine how the municipality of Trollhattan works to counteractschool segregation in Kronogarden and integrate the schools in the whole municipality. Theclosure of the schools in Kronogarden is in focus in this study, but there is also the ambitionto look more closely at whether the closure of schools as a measure fulfills a function relatedto previous research. The methods used in this study are qualitative text analysis andinterview method, where framing constituted the analytical framework for the empiricalmaterial in order to be able to analyze. The main results of the study show that themunicipality of Trollhattan works in different directions to counteract and solve schoolsegregation. Kronogarden is in focus for Trollhattan's municipality's work regarding bothcounteracting segregation and integration in general. The results also indicate that schoolsegregation has arisen due to other factors such as housing segregation and school choice.Related to previous research, it is stated that the closure of schools as a measure forintegration purposes has seldom proved to be successful in solving school segregation.Through the analysis, it has been emphasized that in the municipality of Trollhattan, there ismore needed than just closing down schools in certain areas to solve school segregation, as itdoes not constitute the core of the problem.