Public Sociologies Reader

by Blau, Judith; Smith, Keri E. Iyall; Blau, Judith; Burawoy, Michael; Delanty, Gerard; Gallagher, Charles A.; Gould, Kenneth; Grabczynska, Arlette; Hattery, Angela J.; Iyall-Smith, Keri; Katz-Fishman, Walda; Homedes, Núria; Moncada, Alberto; Moore, John All

• ISBN13: 9780742545861
• ISBN10: 0742545865
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

By highlighting the role of the Public Sociologist and the international conception of human rights, this volume uniquely contributes to scholarship and current debates, while it also accomplishes two other objectives: first, it will be useful in the classroom; and second, it reorganizes themes that relate to globalization from a new perspective. The volume does cover topics that are familiar to American sociologists - racial and economic inequalities, global capitalism, feminism, the Welfare State - and it also includes topics that are less familiar to American sociologists, such as sustainability, the United Nations, and indigenous groups. It positions Public Sociology as playing a pivotal role in American sociology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
1 Introduction: A Public Sociology for Human Rights	1
Michael Burawoy
Part I. The Local and the Global
2 Critical Globalization Studies	21	(16)
William I. Robinson
3 Cosmopolitan Citizenship	37	(14)
Gerard Delanty
4 The Struggle for Global Society in a World System	51	(18)
Jackie Smith
5 A Movement Rising: Consciousness, Vision, and Strategy from the Bottom Up	69	(38)
Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome Scott
In Pursuit of Justice
Photographs by Kenneth Gould and wall mural by Turbado Marabou	83	(12)
Poetical Reflections of Social Reality	95	(1)
Rodney Coates
Part II. The Rights of Humans
6 Neoliberal Globalization and the Question of Sweatshop Labor in Developing Countries	107	(16)
Robert Pollin
7 Framing the Social Security Debate	123	(14)
Deana Rohlinger and Jill Quadagno
8 Latin America: Capital Accumulation, Health, and the Role of International Organizations	137	(20)
Antonio Ugalde and Ntiria Homedes
9 Indigenous in Itself to Indigenous for Itself	157	(16)
Keri E. Iyall Smith
10 Migrants, Rights, and States	173	(20)
Anthony M. Orum and Arlette Grabczynska
Part III. Sustainability and Peace
11 Understanding Disasters: Vulnerability, Sustainable Development, and Resiliency	193	(20)
Havidán Rodriguez and Carla N. Russell
12 Promoting Sustainability	213	(18)
Kenneth A. Gould
13 Promoting Peace through Global Governance	231	(22)
Jerry Pubantz and John Allphin Moore, Jr.
Part IV. Rethinking Liberalism
14 Ejidos: A Utopian Project	253	(12)
Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada
15 Teaching Public Sociologies	265	(16)
Angela Hattery and Earl Smith
16 Feminist Strategies for Public Sociology	281	(12)
Barbara Risman
17 The Challenge to Public Sociology: Neoliberalism's Illusion of Inclusion	293	(36)
Charles A. Gallagher
Appendix: Annotated Guide to Online Resources for Public Sociologists	305	(24)
Kevin M. Lineham and Ken E. Iyall Smith
Index	329	(20)
About the Editors and Contributors	349