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Public Sociology and Civil Society - Governance, Politics, and Power (Hardcover)
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Public Sociology and Civil Society - Governance, Politics, and Power (Hardcover)
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During the past ten years the terms public sociology, civil
society, and governance have been used with increasing frequency to
describe a wide array of practices, from public intellectuality and
political action to governing and public service. These concepts
are often used interchangeably and with different meanings across
varying disciplines. The capacity for these concepts to convey
critical ideas is an important foundation for debating what it
means to practice knowledge publically and to govern
democratically. In "Public Sociology and Civil Society: Governance,
Politics, and Power" Patricia Nickel weaves together various
disciplinary understandings of the practice of knowledge and
governance through the lens of recent debates over the ideal of
public sociology and its emphasis on civil society. Nickel explains
the concepts underlying these debates and provides a critical
clarification of the concepts of civil society and governance as
they have been used over the past ten years, drawing attention to
the need to reframe public intellectuality and public service
outside of traditional disciplinary boundaries. With her unique
international background in the practice of public service and
social policy, as well as critical theory and political sociology,
Nickel is able to provide a nuanced explanation of how the two
areas are interrelated and the implications for the organization of
knowledge and public life.The book is framed in three parts
addressing how sociological knowledge governs and the potential
implications of governing in what were previously understood to be
nongovernment spaces. Part one explores the emergence of public
sociology as an ideal, as well as the broader public turn in the
social sciences. Part two explores the changing relationship
between government and civil society, including nonprofit
organizations. Part three draws these two themes together in an
exploration of the politics of practice and relations of power.
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