Public sociology
Subtitle: the contemporary debate
By: Lawrence T. Nichols, editor
Contributors: Nichols, Lawrence T
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780765803870
Subjects: Sociology -- Methodology; Sociology -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Back to the future : settlement sociology, 1885-1930 / Patricia Madoo Lengerman and Jill Niebrugge-Brantley; title: From the platform : public sociology in the speeches of Edward A. Ross / Sean McMahon; title: An epistle on the origin and early history of the Association for Humanist Sociology / Chet Ballard; title: Working with the labor movement : a personal journey in organic public sociology / Edna Bonacich; title: Social gerontology as public sociology in action / Norella M. Putney, Dawn E. Alley, and Vern L. Bengtson; title: Reflections on public sociology : public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology / David Boyns and Jesse Fletcher; title: Pitirim A. Sorokin's integralism and public sociology / Vincent Jeffries; title: Global public social science / Christopher Chase-Dunn; title: The intellectual canons of a public sociology : pragmatist foundations, historical extensions, and humanly engaged realities / Robert Prus; title: Guide for the perplexed : on Michael Burawoy's public sociology / Steven Brint; title: Is public sociology such a good idea? / Jonathan Turner; title: Why sociology does not need to be saved : analytic reflections on public sociology / Neil McLaughlin, Lisa Kowalchuk, and Kerry Turcotte; title: Third-wave sociology and the end of pure science / Michael Burawoy