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Citizens’ Governance Spaces: Democratic Action Through Disruptive Collective Problem-Solving by Hendriks, Carolyn M, Dzur, Albert W

“…This article investigates the practical form of citizen engagement that occurs in collective problem-solving efforts such as civic enterprises, grassroots…”
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Uncommon Schools: Citizen-Centric Institutions of Higher Education and the Development of Democratic Professionals by Dzur, Albert W.

“…What does it mean, today, to extend university knowledge to the general public, to empower citizens and communities through higher education? Academics face…”
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Thick populism: democracy-enhancing popular participation by Dzur, Albert W., Hendriks, Carolyn M.

“…This article posits that some forms of popular participation offer important resources for democratic renewal. It develops a conceptual distinction between…”
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The Priority of Participation: A Friendly Response to Professor Gargarella by Dzur, Albert W.

“…A response to Roberto Gargarella’s review of Punishment, Participatory Democracy, and the Jury, by Albert W. Dzur…”
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Democracy's "Free School": Tocqueville and Lieber on the Value of the Jury by Dzur, Albert W.

“…This essay discusses the jury's value in American democracy by examining Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the jury as a free school for the public. His…”
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The "nation's conscience:" assessing bioethics commissions as public forums by Dzur, Albert W, Levin, Daniel

“…As the fifth national bioethics commission has concluded its work and a sixth is currently underway, it is time to step back and consider appropriate measures…”
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WHITE PAPER OF DEMOCRATIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE by Kleinfeld, Joshua, Appleman, Laura I, Bierschbach, Richard A, Bilz, Kenworthey, Bowers, Josh, Braithwaite, John, Burns, Robert P, Duff, R A, Dzur, Albert W, Geraghty, Thomas F, Lanni, Adriaan, McLeod, Marah Stith, Nadler, Janice, O’Rourke, Anthony, Robinson, Paul H, Simon, Jonathan, Simonson, Jocelyn, Tyler, Tom R, Yankah, Ekow N

“…This white paper is the joint product of nineteen professors of criminal law and procedure who share a common conviction: that the path toward a more just,…”
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Participatory Democracy and Criminal Justice by Dzur, Albert W.

“…This essay asks if there is a role for an active public in ratcheting down the harsh politics of crime control in the United States and the United Kingdom that…”
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An Introduction: Penal Democracy by Dzur, Albert W

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Juries, Juries, Everywhere (But Not inside the Courts) by Dzur, Albert W.

“…At a time when citizen participation in criminal justice via the jury could scarcely be weaker, participatory policy forums like citizens' juries and…”
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Four Theses on Participatory Democracy: Toward the Rational Disorganization of Government Institutions by Dzur, Albert W.

“…Political philosophy teaches that citizens learn virtue - how to judge, decide, and behave well politically - through institutions and officials that constrain…”
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The Myth of Penal Populism: Democracy, Citizen Participation, and American Hyperincarceration by Dzur, Albert W

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Restorative justice and democracy: fostering public accountability for criminal justice by Dzur, Albert W.

“…This essay examines the democratic aspects of restorative justice, placing it in the context of a more general civic engagement movement attempting to narrow…”
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Punishment and democracy: The role of public deliberation by Dzur, Albert W., Mirchandani, Rekha

“…Leading contemporary branches of punishment theory stemming from the traditional schools of consequentialism and retributivism support a role for public…”
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Democratizing academic professionalism inside and out by Dzur, Albert W.

“…Academic professionals need to embrace and facilitate democratic modes of public problem solving while retaining traditional scholarly commitments…”
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Revisiting Informal Justice: Restorative Justice and Democratic Professionalism by Olson, Susan M., Dzur, Albert W.

“…Restorative justice is a form of informal justice growing rapidly among criminal justice practitioners. It decenters the focus of criminal justice from the…”
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The Myth of Penal Populism: Democracy, Citizen Participation, and American Hyperincarceration by Dzur, Albert W.

“…But the action of the common people is always either too remiss or too violent. Sometimes with a hundred thousand arms they overturn all before them; and…”
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The Value of Community Participation in Restorative Justice by Dzur, Albert W., Olson, Susan M.

“…The advantages of utilizing community participation to achieve restorative justice are examined. After reviewing the shortcomings of traditional Western…”
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Civic Implications of Restorative Justice Theory: Citizen Participation and Criminal Justice Policy by Dzur, Albert W.

“…Restorative justice, a normative theory and reform movement emphasizing dialogue and reconciliation between victim, offender, and community, is a widespread,…”
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The primacy of the public: in support of bioethics commissions as deliberative forums by Dzur, Albert W, Levin, Daniel

“…In a 2004 article, we argued that bioethics commissions should be assessed in terms of their usefulness as public forums. A 2006 article by Summer Johnson…”
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