This little kiddy went to market : the corporate capture of childhood /

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Author / Creator:Beder, Sharon.
Imprint:London ; New York : Pluto, 2009.
Description:viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8121133
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Other authors / contributors:Varney, Wendy, 1952-
Gosden, Richard, 1945-
ISBN:9780745329161 (hbk.)
0745329160 (hbk.)
0745329152 (pbk.)
9780745329154 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-287) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Turning children into consumers
  • Turning play into business / Wendy Varney and Sharon Beder
  • Branding childish identities
  • Teaching consumer values
  • Turning schools into businesses
  • Making schools accountable
  • Business campaigns
  • Made to order
  • Dumbing down future citizens
  • Teaching corporate values
  • Privatising schools
  • Turning schools into markets
  • Privatisation proponents
  • Controlling wayward children / Richard Gosden
  • Conclusion.