 | American Education and Corporations: The Free Market Goes to School Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Education; Politics & International Relations; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Higher Education; Secondary Education; U.S. Politics; Education; Business Management and Accounting; Education Policy & Politics; Regulatory Policy; Sociology & Social Policy; Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics; Education Policy; Education Politics; Higher Education Management; Study of Higher Education; Education Policy; Sociology of Culture; Originally published in 1998, American Education and Corporations, provides a detailed study of the effects of commercialisation on the public school system. The book provides a powerful indictment of corporate culture and its influence on American public schooling, within a clear theoretical framework. The book looks at the threat of corporate culture to public education and advocates an understanding of the democratic importance of schooling as a public good. |
