Liberation sociology
By: Joe R. Feagin, Hernán Vera.
Contributors: Vera, Hernan, 1937-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bouder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781594516047
Subjects: Social justice; Social ethics; Sociology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Sociology -- Political aspects; Applied sociology; Critical theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is liberation sociology?; title: Improving human societies : reassessing the classical theorists; title: U.S. sociology from 1890s to 1970s : instrumental positivism and its challengers; title: Sociology today : instrumental positivism and continuing challenges; title: Sociology in action; title: Doing liberation social science; title: Liberation theory and liberating action : the contemporary scene; title: Sociology, present and future; title: Epilogue : teaching liberation sociology.