Public Sociology
Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century
EDITED BY
Dan Clawson, Robert Zussman, Joya Misra, Naomi Gerstel,
Randall Stokes, Douglas L. Anderton, and Michael Burawoy
University of California Press, 2007
286 pages
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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.
Contents
INTRODUCTORY
Introduction
For Public Sociology
Contents
INTRODUCTORY
Introduction
For Public Sociology
INSTITUTIONALIZING PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY
Public Sociology and the End of Society
Stalled at the Altar? Conflict, Hierarchy, and Compartmentalization in Burawoy’s Public Sociology
If I Were the Goddess of Sociological Things
Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name
POLITICS AND THE PROFESSION
Speaking to Publics
Do We Need a Public Sociology? It Depends on What You Mean by Sociology
Speaking Truth to the Public, and Indirectly to Power
The Strength of Weak Politics
From Public Sociology to Politicized Sociologist
FALSE DISTINCTIONS: CONCEPTUAL RESERVATIONS
The Sociologist and the Public Sphere
About Public Sociology
For Humanist Sociology
INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Whose Public Sociology? The Subaltern Speaks, but Who Is Listening?
A Journalist’s Plea
REJOINDER
The Field of Sociology: Its Power and Its Promise
Editors and Contributors
Index
