Democracy Inside: Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places

ISBN-13: 9780190658670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 200 str.

Albert W. Dzur

Opis

Democracy Inside develops a grounded theory of democratic change, citizen agency, and institutions as fields of action. The book investigates contemporary participatory innovations in K-12 education, criminal justice, and city government that share power over tasks and decisions commonly treated as professional matters.

O autorze

Albert W. Dzur is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is a democratic theorist with an interest in citizen participation and power-sharing in education, criminal justice, and public administration. He is also the author of Democratic Professionalism; Punishment, Participatory Democracy, and the Jury; Rebuilding Public Institutions Together; and a co-editor of Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration.