Have you looked at any of the work being done in Porto Allegre Brazil? There are two article I know that might be helpful are:
Gandin, L.A. & Apple, M.W. (2002) "Thin versus Thick Democracy in Education: Porto Alegre and the creation of alternatives to neo-liberalism" International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol.12 #2
and
Gandin, L.A. & Apple, M.W. (2002)"Challenging neo-liberalism, building democracy: creating the Citizen School in Porto Alegre, Brazil" journal of Education Policy, vol.17 #2
-Gregg
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Gregg Beratan
Institute of Education
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