Public Sociology
by Clawson, Dan; Zussman, Robert; Misra, Joya; Gerstel, Naomi; Stokes, RandallEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-18
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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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.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introductory | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| For Public Sociology | p. 23 |
| Institutionalizing Public Sociology | |
| Public Sociology and the End of Society | p. 67 |
| Stalled at the Altar? Conflict, Hierarchy, and Compartmentalization in Burawoy's Public Sociology | p. 79 |
| If I Were the Goddess of Sociological Things | p. 91 |
| Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name | p. 101 |
| Politics and the Profession | |
| Speaking to Publics | p. 117 |
| Do We Need a Public Sociology? It Depends on What You Mean by Sociology | p. 124 |
| Speaking Truth to the Public, and Indirectly to Power | p. 135 |
| The Strength of Weak Politics | p. 145 |
| From Public Sociology to Politicized Sociologist | p. 158 |
| False Distinctions: Conceptual Reservations | |
| The Sociologist and the Public Sphere | p. 169 |
| About Public Sociology | p. 176 |
| For Humanist Sociology | p. 195 |
| Interdisciplinarity | |
| Whose Public Sociology? The Subaltern Speaks, but Who Is Listening? | p. 213 |
| A Journalist's Plea | p. 231 |
| Rejoinder | |
| The Field of Sociology: Its Power and Its Promise | p. 241 |
| Editors and Contributors | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 263 |
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