This article derives from policy ethnographic research on teacher-education change in Sweden concerning
the development of a unified profession with a common professional-knowledge base. This was a
social democratic government policy for teacher education from the 1950s up until 2007, when the
newly elected right wing government turned away from unification and toward re-traditionalisation.
Based on a meta-ethnographic analysis of the policy ethnographies the article illustrates resistance toward
unification and raises critical questions concerning the intellectual foundations and integrity of
reform processes. Attempts are also made to locate the disclosures in relation to international research.