Albert W Dzur

Democracy Inside

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9780190658670
• ISBN-10: 0190658673
• Artikelnr.: 53304481

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Democratic Professionals as Agents of Change
Chapter 2: Institutions as Fields of Action
Chapter 3: Democratic Innovation in K-12 Education
Chapter 4: Democratic Innovation in Criminal Justice
Chapter 5: Democratic Innovation in Public Administration
Chapter 6: Growing and Sustaining Cultures of Participatory Innovation: Barriers, Openings, and the Role of Democratic Inquiry
Conclusion