DEMOCRATIZATION OF SOCIETY - RESOCIALIZATION AS DEMOCRATIZATION (FROM CODETERMINATION IN PRISON - RESOCIALIZATION AS DEMOCRATIZATION - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 1973 BY UWE GERBER - SEE NCJ-28297)

• NCJ Number: 28298
• Author(s): R WASSERMANN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Evangelische Akademie Loccum
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

DISCUSSION, ON AN IDEOLOGICAL BASIS, OF THE THEORY OF DEMOCRACY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING INMATE PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING, BE APPLIED IN PRISONS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DECLARES THAT HE AGREES WITH THE STATEMENT THAT DEMOCRACY IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE VALUE. IT IS NOT EVEN A SOCIAL GOAL - FREEDOM AND EQUALITY ARE NOT SOCIAL GOALS BUT RATHER A MEANS OF ATTAINING THOSE GOALS. --IN GERMAN