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Public Sociologies Reader (Hardcover, New)
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Public Sociologies Reader (Hardcover, New)
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At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois,
and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in
American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of
oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics
and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology
would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological
Association. The theme of the meetings, Public Sociology, presided
over by President Michael Burawoy, sparked lively debate and
continues to be a spur for research and theory, and a focal point
of ongoing discussions about what sociology is and should be. This
volume advances these discussions and debates, and proposes how
they can be further sharpened and developed. Some authors in this
volume clarify the distinctive roles that Public Sociologists can
play in the discipline, in the classroom, and in larger society.
Others provide critical analyses, focusing, for example, on aspects
of American society and institutions, global corporate actors,
sweatshop practices, international neoliberal organizations,
migration policies, and U.S. environmental policies. Others advance
new ways of thinking about global interdependencies that include
indigenous groups, peasants, as well as societies in industrialized
and developing states, and international organizations. Still
others propose visions of transformative processes and practices
that are progressively affirmative, even activist -- in the spirit
of "A Better World is Possible!!" This volume provides an overview
of some of the major debates in sociology today and places emphasis
on the importance of human rights in the "One (globalized) World"
we live in today. Authors engage these debates with spirited
enthusiasm and write exceptionally clearly about those topics that
may be new to American readers.
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