With chapters co-written by English and Finnish authors, Educating for Democracy analyses the history and current state of education systems in England, Finland and other European countries to establish whether they are effective in creating democratically-minded citizens. Recent years have seen decreasing control of educator professionalism as governments are becoming more concerned about economic growth, and in some cases, survival. The contributors to this volume question whether educators are becoming less effective as a result, exploring the idea that democracy is a dying concept, and asking whether educators are now simply creating cogs for the neo-liberalistic/capitalist machine.

Andrea Raiker is an independent consultant and researcher in Higher Education, in the UK and internationally.

Matti Rautiainen is Vice Head of the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

1. Education for democracy in England and Finland: insights for consideration beyond the twonations 2. Living between two educational systems 3. The role of the teacher in educating for democracy 4. Democracy, classroom practices and pre-service teachers' conceptions of excellence 5. Searching the roots of democracy: collaborative intervention in teacher education 6. Democracy and the Curriculum: English and Finnish Perspectives 7. Power, democracy and progressive schools 8. Perspectives on accountability in education: local democracy versus national regulation 9. Inclusion and democracy in England and Finland 10. Educational research for democracy 11. Fighting against the flow in theorising education 12. Towards the future.