Public Sociology

by Clawson, Dan; Zussman, Robert; Misra, Joya; Gerstel, Naomi; Stokes, Randall

• ISBN13: 9780520251380
• ISBN10: 0520251385
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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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