علماء اجتماع بلا حدود Sociologists Without Borders

Sociologists Without Borders

Sociologists without Borders/Sociólogos Sin Fronteras (SSF) was founded in Spain in 2001, and in the United States in 2002, as a transnational association of sociologists committed to the following principles: that all people have equal rights to political freedoms and legal protections, to socioeconomic security, to self-determination, and to their personality. That is, old or young, regardless of where they live, their faith, and whether they are male or female, gay or straight, and regardless of their skin color they have the same universal rights, including their rights to their own particular cultures. SSF also promotes an understanding that collective goods, including a sustainable environment, cannot be privatized.

These principles call into question the legitimacy of passive systems of democracy and they challenge the western neoliberal ideology that subordinates peoples, communities, and societies to global markets, transnational corporations, and financiers. Sociologists without Borders is opposed to militarism, opposed to states that oppress their citizens, and condemns racism and violence against women. In these ways, SSF is “partisan,” that is, partisan in favor of human rights, participatory democracy, equitable economies, peace, and sustainable ecosystems. SSF is thus perfectly in synch with public sociology that advocates that sociologists be engaged and committed, and also reflective and critical. Besides SSF-US, there are chapters in Brazil, Chile, Iran, Canada, and Spain. The US chapter has members from many countries.

SSF is a platform for reflection and discussion among concerned sociologists who want to discover the new challenges to Sociology in a global environment, and we invite you to join us on our web page and listserv.

Judith Blau
President, SSF-US

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The Power Elite

The Power Elite
By C. Wright Mills
New Edition
Oxford University Press, 2000
448 pages
12.8 MB

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.

What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills' book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation.

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