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Book SynopsisBy highlighting the role of the Public Sociologist and the international conception of human rights, this volume uniquely contributes to scholarship and current debates, while it also accomplishes two other objectives: first, it will be useful in the classroom; and second, it reorganizes themes that relate to globalization from a new perspective.
Trade ReviewJudith Blau and Keri Iyall Smith have brought together a bracing collection of essays dealing with the mission of sociology in a neo-liberal global order. Each essay is different, yet each sets out to examine the challenges of developing a sociology that can tame our borderless capitalism and the brutalities it brings in its wake. -- Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
Blau and Smith have collected 17 papers that demonstrate ways in which sociological imagination can be applied to many of the most relevant/significant social/political issues of the period. The introduction, "A Public Sociology for Human Rights," is a continuation by Michael Burawoy of his 2004 presidential address to the American Sociological Association. The appendix is a valuable annotated guide to over 100 online resources. Blau and Smith have provided professors with an outstanding vehicle through which to stimulate and inform sociology students about the potential of the discipline. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
In recent years Public Sociology has emerged as one of the most vibrant projects in the discipline. If you are looking for a volume that situates such work in a global context look no further than this engaging and wide-ranging collection from leaders in the field. -- Douglas Hartmann, associate professor of sociology, University of Minnesota and co-author of Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing W
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: A Public Sociology for Human Rights Chapter 2 The Local and the Global: Critical Globalization Studies Chapter 3 The Local and the Global: Cosmopolitan Citizenship Chapter 4 The Struggle for Global Society in a World System Chapter 5 A Movement Rising: Vision and Strategy from the Bottom Up Chapter 6 Neoliberal Globalization and the Question of Sweatshop Labor in Developing Countries or Rights Chapter 7 Framing Social Security Rights Chapter 8 Latin America: Capital Accumulation and the Role of International Organizations Chapter 9 Indigenous in Itself to Indigenous for Itself Chapter 10 Migrants, Rights, and States Chapter 11 Understanding Disasters: Vulnerability, Sustainable Development, and Resiliency Chapter 12 Promoting Sustainability Chapter 13 Promoting Peace through Global Governance Chapter 14 Ejidos: Local and Global Publics Chapter 15 Teaching Public Sociologies Chapter 16 What Does Feminism Have to Say about Public Sociology Chapter 17 The Challenge to Public Sociology: Neo-Liberalism's Illusion of Inclusion
