Public Sociology (original) (raw)
Compiled by Albert Tzeng
Public Sociology Bibliography:
FROM THE ASA
The 1988 ASA Presidential Address by Herbert J Gans
Gans, H. (1989). “Sociology in America: The Discipline and the Public.” American Sociological Review 54(1):1-16
The 2004 ASA Presidential Address by M Burawoy
Burawoy, M. (2005). “For public sociology.” American Sociological Review 70(1): 4-28.
Burawoy, M. (2005). “2004 American sociological association presidential address: For public sociology.” British Journal of Sociology 56(2): 259-294.
ASA (2005) Public Sociology and the Roots of American Sociology: Re-Establishing Our Connection to the Public – Interim Report and Recommendations submitted by the ASA Task Force on Institutionalizing Public Sociologies to the ASA Council, July 2005.
Available at http://pubsoc.wisc.edu/e107_files/public/tfreport090105.pdf
ASA (2008). A symposium on public sociology : Looking back and forward, American Sociological Association.
BOOKS on Public Sociology
Agger, Ben (2001, 2007). Public Sociology: From Social Facts to Literary Acts. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Firsr published before ‘public sociology’ popularized and therefore not written with Burawoy’s conceptualization in mind. This book is a critique of the writing style of professional sociologists (under the scientific aura) which made it inaccessible to the public reader. Ironically, the book itself was criticized by its own extensive use of postmodern terminology.
Blau, J. R. and K. E. Iyall Smith (2006). Public sociologies reader. Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield.
Clawson, D. (2007). Public sociology: Fifteen eminent sociologists debate politics and the profession in the twenty-first century. Berkeley, CA; London, University of California Press.
About everything commendable about the idea of Burawoy
Nichols, L. T. (2007). Public sociology: The contemporary debate. New Brunswick, N.J. ; London, Transaction Publishers.
Jeffries, V. (2009). Handbook of public sociology. Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Earlier Books Relevant to the Sociology-Public Link
Merton, R. K. (1972). Varieties of political expression in sociology. An american journal of sociology publication. Essays by robert k. Merton [and others], etc. Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press.
Carey, J. T. (1975). Sociology and public affairs : The chicago school. Beverly Hills ; London, Sage Publications.
SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES
Social Problem
51(1), 2004, Going Public: Scholarship in Pursuit of Social Justice
Public Sociologies: A Symposium from Boston College Michael Burawoy, William Gamson, Charlotte Ryan, Stephen Pfohl, Diane Vaughan, Charles Derber, Juliet Schor
Marital Suitors Court Social Science Spin-Sters: The Unwittingly Conservative Effects of Public Sociology Judith Stacey
A Tale of Three Discourses: Doing Action Research in a Research Methods Class Stephen R. Couch
Why Don’t They Listen to Us? Fashion Notes on the Imperial Wardrobe Joel Best
Social Force
82 (4), 2004, Commentaries & Debate
Introduction to a Debate on Public Sociologies Catherine Zimmer
Public Sociologies: Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Possibilities Michael Burawoy
The Vacant “We”: Remarks on Public Sociology François Nielsen
Why Public Sociology May Fail David Brady
The Arrogance of Public Sociology Charles R. Tittle
Critical Sociology
31(3), 2005
Michael Burawoy
The Critical Turn to Public Sociology
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 313-326. [PDF]
Joan Acker
Comments on Burawoy on Public Sociology
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 327-331. [PDF]
Stanley Aronowitz
Comments on Michael Burawoy’s “The Critical Turn to Public Sociology”
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 333-338. [PDF]
Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Interrogating Connections: From Public Criticisms to Critical Publics in Burawoy’s Public Sociology
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 339-351. [PDF]
Rose M. Brewer
Response to Michael Buroway’s Commentary: “The Critical Turn to Public Sociology”
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 353-359. [PDF]
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
Can Burawoy Make Everybody Happy? Comments on Public Sociology
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 361-369. [PDF]
Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome Scott
Comments on Burawoy: A View From the Bottom-up
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 371-374. [PDF]
John Urry
The Good News and the Bad News
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 375-378. [PDF]
Michael Burawoy
Rejoinder: Toward a Critical Public Sociology
Critical Sociology 2005 31: 379-390. [PDF]
American Sociologist
36 (3-4), 2005. A Conversation about “Public Sociology”
| Editor’s introduction: A conversation about “public sociology” Lawrence T. Nichols PDF 3-4 |
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| Reflections on public sociology: Public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology David Boyns, Jesse Fletcher PDF 5-26 |
| ”Is public sociology such a good idea?” Jonathan H. Turner PDF 27-45 |
| Guide for the perplexed: On Michael Burawoy’s “public sociology” Steven Brint PDF 46-65 |
| Pitirim A. Sorokin’s integralism and public sociology Vincent Jeffries PDF 66-87 |
| Social gerontology as public sociology in action Norella M. Putney, Dawn E. Alley, Vern L. Bengtson PDF (1.4 MB) 88-104 |
| Working with the labor movement: A personal journey in organic public sociology Edna Bonacich PDF 105-120 |
| Global public social science Christopher Chase-Dunn PDF 121-132 |
| Why sociology does not need to be saved: Analytic reflections on public sociologies Neil McLaughlin, Lisa Kowalchuk, Kerry Turcotte PDF 133-151 |
| Third-wave sociology and the end of pure science Michael Burawoy PDF 152-165 |
37(2), 2006. The Possibilities of Sociological Knowledge
| Editor’s introduction: The possibilities of sociological knowledge Lawrence T. Nichols PDF 3-5 |
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| The nature of sociological knowledge Bruce Keith PDF 6-14 |
| American sociology in chaos: Differentiation without integration Jonathan H. Turner PDF 15-29 |
| Sociology as a historical science Elisabeth S. Clemens PDF (800.5 KB) 30-40 |
| Disciplinary knowledge revisited: The social construction of sociology Stephen Cole PDF 41-56 |
| Reconceptualizing knowledge accumulation in sociology Andrew Abbott PDF 57-66 |
| A view from above: The evolving sociological landscape James Moody, Ryan Light PDF 67-86 |
| Doing social science in anti-scientific times Douglas S. Massey PDF 87-95 |
| Knowledge production and the public interest Barbara Schneider, David Schalliol, Sarah Makela, Sarah-Kathryn McDonald PDF 96-112 |
| Truth, error, and the history of sociology Irving Louis Horowitz PDF |
38(3), 2007. Public Engagement and Hope
40 (4) Public Sociology: Problematics, Publicity and Possibilities
British Journal of Sociology
56 (2), 2005 Continuing the public sociology debate
Continuing the public sociology debate – Editor’s preface Bridget Hutter
2004 ASA Presidential address: For public sociology Michael Burawoy
56 (3), 2005 Continuing the public sociologies debate – replies to Michael Burawoy
Foreword Bridget M Hutter
How not to become a museum piece Ulrich Beck
For public social science John Braithwaite
The promise of public sociology Craig Calhoun
Publicizing sociology Richard Ericson
Bookmarks for public sociologists Amitai Etzioni
A guarded welcome John A Hall
Comments on Michael Burawoy’s ASA Presidential Address Christine Inglis
What is ‘public sociology’? Why and how should it be made stronger? Ragnvald Kalleberg
Four sociologies, multiple roles Stella R Quah
Digging in the penumbra of master categories Saskia Sassen
Who will speak, and who will listen? Comments on Burawoy and public sociology John Scott
On the relevance of ethnography for the production of public sociology and policy Diane Vaughan
Response: Public sociology: populist fad or path to renewal? Michael Burawoy
57 (2), 2006 Debate on British sociology and public intellectuals
British sociology and public intellectuals: consumer society and imperial decline Bryan S Turner
Replies to Bryan S Turner
The intellectuals and capitalism Philippe Fontaine
Comments on Turner David Frisby
Notes towards a renaissance in British sociology: a response to Turner Steve Fuller
The racial threat Patricia Hill Collins
Who’s a public intellectual? George Ritzer
Comment on Bryan S Turner, ‘British sociology and public intellectuals: consumer society and imperial decline’ Neil Smelser
Sociology- the BSA Journal
41 (5), 2007
John Holmwood and Sue Scott
Editorial Foreword: Sociology and its Public Face(s)
Sociology 2007 41: 779-783. [PDF]
Stephen Turner
Public Sociology and Democratic Theory
Sociology 2007 41: 785-798. [Abstract] [PDF]
Marinus Ossewaarde
Sociology Back to the Publics
Sociology 2007 41: 799-812. [Abstract] [PDF]
Neil McLaughlin and Kerry Turcotte
The Trouble with Burawoy: An Analytic, Synthetic Alternative
Sociology 2007 41: 813-828. [Abstract] [PDF]
E. Stina Lyon
Viola Klein: Forgotten Émigré Intellectual, Public Sociologist and Advocate of Women
Sociology 2007 41: 829-842. [Abstract] [PDF]
Karim Murji
Sociological Engagements: Institutional Racism and Beyond
Sociology 2007 41: 843-855. [Abstract] [PDF]
Gregor McLennan
Towards Postsecular Sociology?
Sociology 2007 41: 857-870. [Abstract] [PDF]
Gurminder K. Bhambra
Sociology and Postcolonialism: Another `Missing’ Revolution?
Sociology 2007 41: 871-884. [Abstract] [PDF]
Mike Savage and Roger Burrows
The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
Sociology 2007 41: 885-899. [Abstract] [PDF]
Geoff Payne
Social Divisions, Social Mobilities and Social Research: Methodological Issues after 40 Years
Sociology 2007 41: 901-915. [Abstract] [PDF]
Stevi Jackson and Amanda Rees
The Appalling Appeal of Nature: The Popular Influence of Evolutionary Psychology as a Problem for Sociology
Sociology 2007 41: 917-930. [Abstract] [PDF]
David Skinner
Groundhog Day? The Strange Case of Sociology, Race and `Science’
Sociology 2007 41: 931-943. [Abstract] [PDF]
Paul Wakeling
White Faces, Black Faces: Is British Sociology a White Discipline?
Sociology 2007 41: 945-960. [Abstract] [PDF]
Jennifer Platt
The Women’s Movement and British Journal Articles, 1950—2004
Sociology 2007 41: 961-975. [Abstract] [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Sociology
34(3), 2009
| Public Sociology in Canada: Debates, Research and Historical Context | Abstract PDF |
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| Rick Helmes-Hayes, Neil Mclaughlin | 573-600 |
| Rethinking Burawoy: Reflections from Canadian Feminist Sociology | Abstract PDF |
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| Gillian Creese, Arlene Tigar McLaren, Jane Pulkingham | 601-622 |
| Drifting Apart? The Institutional Dynamics Awaiting Public Sociology in Canada | Abstract PDF |
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| Scott Davies | 623-654 |
| Professional, Critical, Policy, and Public Academics in Canada | Abstract PDF |
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| Robert Joseph Brym, M. Reza Nakhaie | 655-670 |
| What Do ‘We’ Know That ‘They’ Don’t? Sociologists’ versus Non-Sociologists’ Knowledge | Abstract PDF |
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| Anne Mesny | 671-696 |
| Mapping the Social Space of Opinion: Public Sociology and the Op-Ed in Canada | Abstract PDF |
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| Lisa Kowalchuk, Neil McLaughlin | 697-728 |
| Public Sociology in Print: A Comparative Analysis of Book Publishing in Three Social Science Disciplines | Abstract PDF |
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| Alex Mochnacki, Aaron Segaert, Neil Mclaughlin | 729-764 |
| What Do Public Sociologists Do? A Critique of Burawoy | Abstract PDF |
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| Avi Goldberg, Axel van den Berg | 765-802 |
| The Three Axes of Sociological Practice: The Case of French Quebec | Abstract PDF |
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| Jean-Philippe Warren | 803-830 |
| Engaged, Practical Intellectualism: John Porter and ‘New Liberal’ Public Sociology | Abstract PDF |
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| Richard Helmes-Hayes | 831-868 |
| Disciplinary Mosaic: The Case of Canadian Sociology | Abstract PDF |
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| Michael Burawoy | 869-886 |
Society in Transition- Journal of the South African Sociological Association 35(1), 35 (2) 2004
Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya (Russuan) 35(4), 2009
Contemporary Sociology- a Journal of Reviews
37 (6), 2008 A Symposium on Public Sociology
Valerie Jenness, David A. Smith, and Judith Stepan-Norris
Editors’ Note: Public Sociology: Looking Back and Forward
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: ix-x. [PDF]
Kenneth C. Land
Whither Public Sociology?
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: 507-511. [PDF]
Pepper Schwartz
The Contested Territory of Public Sociology
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: 512-515. [PDF]
Judith Blau
A Better World. Possible? But of Course!
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: 515-519. [PDF]
J. Steven Picou
In Search of a Public Environmental Sociology: Ecological Risks in the Twenty-First Century
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: 520-523. [PDF]
Douglas Klayman
Creating Sociological Awareness: Public and Applied Sociology
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 2008 37: 524-530. [PDF]
Current Sociology 56 (3), 2008
Dennis Smith
Editorial: Beyond Greed, Fear and Anger
Current Sociology 2008 56: 347-350. [PDF]
Michael Burawoy
What is to be Done?: Theses on the Degradation of Social Existence in a Globalizing World
Current Sociology 2008 56: 351-359. [Abstract] [PDF]
Alberto Martinelli
Sociology in Political Practice and Public Discourse
Current Sociology 2008 56: 361-370. [Abstract] [PDF]
Dennis Smith
Globalization, Degradation and the Dynamics of Humiliation
Current Sociology 2008 56: 371-379. [Abstract] [PDF]
Michel Wieviorka
Some Considerations after Reading Michael Burawoy’s Article: `What is to be Done? Theses on the Degradation of Social Existence in a Globalizing World’
Current Sociology 2008 56: 381-388. [Abstract] [PDF]
Adam Habib
Speaking `Truth’ to All Forms of Power: Reflections on the Role of the Public Sociologist in South Africa
Current Sociology 2008 56: 389-398. [Abstract] [PDF]
Shen Yuan
Strong and Weak Intervention: Two Pathways for Sociological Intervention
Current Sociology 2008 56: 399-404. [Abstract] [PDF]
Elena Zdravomyslova
`Make Way for Professional Sociology!’: Public Sociology in the Russian Context
Current Sociology 2008 56: 405-414. [Abstract] [PDF]
Ruy Braga, Sylvia Gemignani Garcia, and Leonardo Mello e Silva
Public Sociology and Social Engagement: Considerations on Brazil
Current Sociology 2008 56: 415-424. [Abstract] [PDF]
Amita Baviskar
Pedagogy, Public Sociology and Politics in India: What is to be Done?
Current Sociology 2008 56: 425-433. [Abstract] [PDF]
Michael Burawoy
Rejoinder: For a Subaltern Global Sociology?
Current Sociology 2008 56: 435-444. [Abstract] [PDF]
Labour & Industry 19(1-2), 2008
Work and Occupation 36 (2), 2009
Michael Burawoy
The Global Turn: Lessons From Southern Labor Scholars and Their Labor Movements
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 87-95. [Abstract] [PDF]
Marco Aurélio Santana and Ruy Braga
Brazil: The Swinging Pendulum Between Labor Sociology and Labor Movement
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 96-109. [Abstract] [PDF]
Ching Kwan Lee and Yuan Shen
China: The Paradox and Possibility of a Public Sociology of Labor
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 110-125. [Abstract] [PDF]
Sharit K. Bhowmik
India: Labor Sociology Searching for a Direction
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 126-144. [Abstract] [PDF]
Sakhela Buhlungu
South Africa: The Decline of Labor Studies and the Democratic Transition
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 145-161. [Abstract] [PDF]
Soon-Kyoung Cho
South Korea: Toward a Collective Public Sociology of Labor
Work and Occupations 2009 36: 162-176. [Abstract] [PDF]
Other notable Journal articles
Vaughan, D. (2006). “NASA revisited: Theory, analogy, and public sociology.” American Journal of Sociology 112(2): 353-393. – an interesting case study of how sociological expertise is negotiated in the process of being communicated via wider readers
Keith, M. (2008). “Public sociology? Between heroic immersion and critical distance: Personal reflections on academic engagement with political life.” Critical Social Policy 28(3): 320-334.
Gans, H. J. (2010). “Public ethnography; ethnography as public sociology.” Qualitative Sociology 33(1): 97-104.
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