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OverviewBringing expert knowledge to bear in an open and deliberative way to help solve pressing social problems is a major concern today, when technocratic and bureaucratic decision making often occurs with little or no input from the general public. Albert Dzur proposes an approach he calls ""democratic professionalism"" to build bridges between specialists in domains like law, medicine, and journalism and the lay public in such a way as to enable and enhance broader public engagement with and deliberation about major social issues.Sparking a critical and constructive dialogue among social theories of the professions, professional ethics, and political theories of deliberative democracy, Dzur reveals interests, motivations, strengths, and vulnerabilities in conventional professional roles that provide guideposts for this new approach. He then applies it in examining three practical arenas in which experiments in collaboration and power-sharing between professionals and citizens have been undertaken: public journalism, restorative justice, and the bioethics movement. Finally, he draws lessons from these cases to refine this innovative theory and identify the kinds of challenges practitioners face in being both democratic and professional. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Albert W. DzurPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780271033327ISBN 10: 0271033320 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 27 March 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Ethics and Politics of Professions 1. The Missing Agents of Contemporary Democratic Thought 2. Beyond Self-Interest: The Apolitical Picture of Professionals 3. Professionals versus Democracy: The Radical Critique of Technocrats, Disabling Experts, and Task M.onopolists 4. Task Sharing for Democracy: Themes from Political Theory 5. Public Journalism 6. Restorative Justice 7. Bioethics 8. Context and Consequences: The Duties of Democratic Professionals Conclusion: The University's Role in the Democratization of Professional Ethics IndexReviews""Albert Dzur has written an important defense of professionalism and its crucial relationship to democracy. This is an especially well-timed book, seeing as professional credibility has sunk to new lows in our contemporary political culture and has been under attack from both the left and right."" - Kevin Mattson, Ohio University"" Albert Dzur has written an important defense of professionalism and its crucial relationship to democracy. This is an especially well-timed book, seeing as professional credibility has sunk to new lows in our contemporary political culture and has been under attack from both the left and right. - Kevin Mattson, Ohio University Author InformationAlbert W. Dzur is Associate Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University, where he is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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