Education, Democracy and Discourse presents a commentary on democracy in education, and the macro- and micro-political discourses which permit and prohibit this.

The key themes explored are: *The struggle for democracy in schools and society *The relationships between the processes of schooling and the preparation of the workforce in advanced capitalist societies *The radical transformations of schooling as part of state modernization projects of the neo-conservatives, the neo-liberals and the third way *The creeping destruction of the professional...