Public Sociology: The Contemporary Debate

ISBN-10: 1138531251
ISBN-13: 9781138531253
Series: Public Sociology
Pages: 340
Language: English
Published: 2017-09-28
Publisher: Routledge
Author: Lawrence T. Nichols

Description

Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Back to the Future: Settlement Sociology, 1885-1930 -- Chapter 2. "From the Platform": Public Sociology in the Speeches of Edward A. Ross -- Chapter 3. An Epistle on the Origin and Early History of the Association for Humanist Sociology -- Chapter 4. Working with the Labor Movement: A Personal Journey in Organic Public Sociology -- Chapter 5. Social Gerontology as Public Sociology in Action -- Chapter 6. Reflections on Public Sociology: Public Relations, Disciplinary Identity, and the Strong Program in Professional Sociology -- Chapter 7. Pitirim A. Sorokin's Integralism and Public Sociology -- Chapter 8. Global Public Social Science -- Chapter 9. The Intellectual Canons of a Public Sociology: Pragmatist Foundations, Historical Extensions, and Humanly Engaged Realities -- Chapter 10. Guide for the Perplexed: On Michael Burawoy's "Public Sociology" -- Chapter 11. "Is Public Sociology Such a Good Idea?" -- Chapter 12. Why Sociology Does Not Need to Be Saved: Analytic Reflections on Public Sociology -- Chapter 13. Third-Wave Sociology and the End of Pure Science -- About the Contributors