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Giroux, Henry A. – Educational Forum, 1999
Privatization undermines the role of public education in keeping democracy alive, offering consumerism as the only form of citizenship. Challenging the encroachment of corporatism is essential if democracy is to remain the defining principle of education and society. (SK)
Descriptors: Corporations, Democracy, Educational Principles, Equal Education