Description
Book SynopsisLeading Canadian experts discuss when and if sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism.
Table of ContentsForeword / Michael Burawoy
Introduction: Burawoy’s “Normative Vision” of Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. SchneiderPart 1: Debating the Normative Dimensions of Professional Sociology
1 Returning to the Classics: Looking to Weber and Durkheim to Resolve the Theoretical Inconsistencies of Public Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer
2 Public Sociology, Professional Sociology, and Democracy / Axel Van Den Berg
Part 2: Critical Reflections on the Possibility of Public Sociology
3 L’Ouverture des bouches: The Social and Intellectual Bases for Engaged and Public Social Theory / Scott Schaffer
4 Precarious Publics: Interrogating a Public Sociology for Migrant Workers in Canada / Jill Bucklaschuk
5 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Public Sociology / Susan Prentice
Part 3: Blurring the Line between Policy and Public Sociology
6 Public Sociology and Research Ethics / Anne Mesny
7 Coral W. Topping, Pioneer Canadian Public Sociologist: “A Veteran Warrior for Prison Reform” / Rick Helmes-Hayes
Part 4: Innovative Engagements in Public Scholarship
8 Social Media and e-Public Sociology / Christopher J. Schneider
9 Public Ethnography as Public Engagement: Multimodal Pedagogies for Innovative Learning / Phillip Vannini and Laura Milne
Conclusion / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. Schneider
Epilogue: Student Reflections on a Public Sociology Course at UBC, Okanagan Campus / Kyle Nolan
Appendix 1: Theory and Practice of Sociology Syllabus, University of Manitoba
Appendix 2: Public Sociology Syllabus, UBC, Okanagan Campus
Contributors; Index
