Public sociology : ideas, arguments, and visions for the future / edited by Dan Clawson ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clawson, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Applied sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a "public sociology." Burawoy argued that sociology should speak beyond the university, engaging with social movements and deepening an understanding of the historical and social context in which they exist. In this volume, renowned sociologists come together to debate the perils and the potentials of Burawoy's challenge. Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Sharon Hays, Douglas Massey, Joya Misra, Orlando Patterson, Frances Fox Piven, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Judith Stacey, Arthur Stinchcombe, Alain Touraine, Immanuel Wallerstein, William Julius Wilson, Robert Zussman

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

For Public Sociology

Public Sociology and the End of Society

Stalled at the Altar?

If I Were the Goddess of Sociological Things

Going Public

Speaking to Publics

Do We Need a Public Sociology?

Speaking Truth to the Public, and Indirectly to Power

The Strength of Weak Politics

From Public Sociology to Politicized Sociologist

The Sociologist and the Public Sphere

About Public Sociology

For Humanist Sociology

Whose Public Sociology?

A Journalist's Plea

The Field of Sociology

Editors and Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612360251

9780520940758

052094075X

9780520251373

0520251377

9781282360259

1282360256

9781429478090

1429478098

OCLC:

145732357