Public Sociologies Reader

Name: Public Sociologies Reader
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ISBN: 9780742545878

ISBN-10: 0742545873

ISBN-13: 9780742545878

Edition: 2006

Authors: Judith Blau, Keri E. Iyall Smith, Michael Burawoy, Gerard Delanty, Charles A. Gallagher

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By 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. The volume does cover topics that are familiar to American sociologists - racial and economic inequalities, global capitalism, feminism, the Welfare State - and it also includes topics that are less familiar to American sociologists, such as sustainability, the United Nations, and indigenous groups. It positions Public Sociology as playing a pivotal…

Book details

List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Gerard Delanty is Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool



Acknowledgments


Preface



Introduction: A Public Sociology for Human Rights




The Local and the Global



Critical Globalization Studies




Cosmopolitan Citizenship




The Struggle for Global Society in a World System




A Movement Rising: Consciousness, Vision, and Strategy from the Bottom Up



In Pursuit of Justice



Poetical Reflections of Social Reality




The Rights of Humans



Neoliberal Globalization and the Question of Sweatshop Labor in Developing Countries




Framing the Social Security Debate




Latin America: Capital Accumulation, Health, and the Role of International Organizations




Indigenous in Itself to Indigenous for Itself




Migrants, Rights, and States




Sustainability and Peace



Understanding Disasters: Vulnerability, Sustainable Development, and Resiliency




Promoting Sustainability




Promoting Peace through Global Governance




Rethinking Liberalism



Ejidos: A Utopian Project




Teaching Public Sociologies




Feminist Strategies for Public Sociology




The Challenge to Public Sociology: Neoliberalism's Illusion of Inclusion




Annotated Guide to Online Resources for Public Sociologists



Index


About the Editors and Contributors