Public sociology : between utopia and anti-utopia / Michael Burawoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burawoy, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Why sociology matters, how sociologists can help the people they study and how it can help us to deal with the crises of the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Theory and Practice

1. Theory: Utopia and Anti-Utopia

2. Practice: The (Di)vision of Sociological Labor

pt. Two Policy Sociology

3. The Language Question in University Education

4. Job Evaluation in a Racial Order

pt. Three Public Sociology

5. The Color of Class

6. Student Rebellion

pt. Four Critical Sociology

7. Race, Class, and Colonialism

8. Migrant Labor and the State

9. Manufacturing Consent

10. Racial Capitalism

pt. Five Professional Sociology

11. Advancing a Research Program

12. Painting Socialism

13. The Great Involution

pt. Six Real Utopias

14. Third-Wave Marketization

15. Whither the Public University?

16. Living Theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Burawoy, Michael. Public sociology

ISBN:

9781509519149

1509519149

9781509519156

1509519157

OCLC:

1240267063