2017-11-082017-11-082008-12PESSOA, Jadir de Morais; CRUZ, José Adelson da. Animal de muitos donos: cultura política e gestão escolar. Educativa, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 2, p. 221-237, jul./dez. 2008.1983-7771http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12771Based on the popular mobilizations of the years 1960 to 1980, this article aims to discuss the ideas of democracy and citizenship education in the present today, especially with regard to school management. The underlying support are the “theories of democratic transition” and the notions of public space, power and authority of Hannah Arendt. It is concluded that the school is done today has not followed the motivation of the social movements of that period. Instead, there is an absence of community in school, plus a corporate and induced participation of families, reinforcing the dispensation of the state to public school.porAcesso AbertoCultura políticaDemocraciaGestão escolarPolitical cultureDemocracySchool managementArtigo