{"product_id":"handbook-of-public-sociology-9780742566477","title":"Handbook of Public Sociology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a useful volume. . . . Recommended. * CHOICE, May 2010 *\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of The Handbook of Public Sociology is timely and important. While it reveals the tensions and disputes about public sociology within the discipline of sociology, it also makes clear its potential to educate the public on many crucial social problems and issues confronting our society. This volume is a must-read for those who believe that sociology’s findings, theories and ideas should be more widely disseminated. -- William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1    Redefining the Nature and Future of Sociology:  Toward a Holistic Sociology       Vincent Jeffries  Part I:   Exploring and Elaborating the Holistic Model   2    Burawoy's Holistic Sociology and Sorokin's \"Integralism\":  A Conversation of Ideas       Lawrence T. Nichols   3    Rethinking Burawoy's Public Sociology:             A Post-Empiricist Reconstruction       Raymond A. Morrow   4    Social Justice and Critical Public Sociology       Joe Feagin, Sean Elias, and Jennifer Mueller  5    Public Sociology and the Future: The Possible, the Probable,  and the Preferable       Wendell Bell  6     The Scientific System of Public Sociology: The Exemplar of  Pitirim A. Sorokin's Social Thought        Vincent Jeffries  Part II:   Establishing and Perfecting the Model  7   A Sociology for Public Sociology: Some Needed Disciplinary  Changes for Creating Public Sociology      Herbert J. Gans  8   Some Suggested Standards for Distinguishing Between  Good and Bad Public Sociology      Norval D. Gleen  9   On Writing Public Sociology: Accountability through  Accessibility, Dialogue, and Relevance      Damon Mayrl and Laurel Westbrook  10   Recapturing the Sociological Imagination: The Challenge for  Public Sociology       Frank Furedi  Part III:   Teaching and Public Sociology  11   Presenting Sociology's Four 'Faces': Problems and Prospects  for the High School Course        Michael DeCesare  12   Teaching and Public Sociology        Caroline Hodges Persell  Part IV:   The Practice of Organic Public Sociology: Case Studies  13   From Data to Drama: Returning Research to  Convicted Survivors        Elizabeth Dermody Leonard  14   Integrating the Four Sociologies: The \"Baigou Project\"  in China        Lina Hu  15   Becoming Public Sociology: Indigenous Nations, Dialogue,  and Change        Stephen Cornell  16   Talking about Racial Disparities in Imprisonment:  A Reflection on Experiences in Wisconsin        Pamela E. Oliver   17   Public Membership on Medical Licensing Boards:  An Integrated Public and Professional Project        Ruth Horowitz  18   Counting the Deaths in Darfur: Pitfalls on the Pathway to  a Public Sociology        Bill McCarthy and John Hagan  Part V:   Special Fields and Public Sociology  19   Engaged Social Movement Scholarship        Robert Kleidman  20   Public Sociology and Universal Human Rights        Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann  21   Altruism, Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation as  Public Sociology        Samuel P. Oliner  22   A Public Sociology for a Global Age: Recovering the Political        Saskia Sassen  23   Global Altruism: Some Considerations        Edward A. Tiryakian  24    Futures in the Making: Sociological Practice and Challenge         Barbara Adam  Part VI:    Future Directions  25    The Public Sociology Wars         Michael Burawoy  Index  About the Contributors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037639442775,"sku":"9780742566477","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742566477.jpg?v=1750936622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-of-public-sociology-9780742566477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}