ABSTRACT
John White's argument for democratic control of the curriculum has a long vintage, going back to his Towards a Compulsory Curriculum. Democratic control is the major focus of White's curriculum proposals. White's formulation of the principle of political equality is that every citizen should be able to have an equal voice in political participation. Democratic control is desirable only in an improved democracy with an improved voting system - can be obtained by examining any of the other grounds frequently given for democratic control of education, namely, the argument from the educative impact of democracy, from the promotion of the general interest and, from the promotion of positive liberty. The principle result of Social Choice Theory, Arrows theorem, can be applied to voting systems, from small committees to national elections. Arrow's theorem generalises and develops the 'paradox of voting'. The arguments of Riker and Nathan seem to have a devastating impact on desires to see improvements to democracy.
