Abstract
This paper critically evaluates the effect of introducing markets into the institutional system of education and promotes the claim of a learning democracy to underpin a richer conception for developing the powers and capacities of all citizens.
Notes
This paper was part of a larger contribution to the IPPR‐Goldsmiths’ Conference on Alternative Education Policies, 25–26 March, 1993. It also draws directly upon my inaugural lecture (Ranson, 1992).