Bringing 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.
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