This book brings together the work of public sociologists from across the globe to illuminate possibilities for the practice of public sociology and the potential for international exchange in the field. In addition to sections devoted to the history, theory, methodology and possible future of public sociology, it offers a series of concrete case studies of public sociology practice from experienced scholars and practitioners, addressing core themes including the role of students in public sociology, the production of knowledge by communities and the sharing of knowledge with a view to having an influence on policy. Presenting research that is truly global in scope, The Routledge International Handbook of Public Sociology provides readers with the opportunity to consider the possibilities that exist for international collaboration in their work and reflect on future directions. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in research with public impact.
Author(s): Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly and Cassius Hossfeld
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Section I Introduction – brief history of ‘public sociology’
1 Framing public sociology – the American lens
Section II Theoretical frames
2 Going public with Polanyi in the era of Trump
3 Toward a critical public sociology
4 The missing chapter in publications of relevant empirical studies concerning public sociology from now on (with some examples from the Israeli experience)
5 From public sociology to collective knowledge production
Section III Methodological choices in public sociology
6 Collaborating, then stepping back: doing public sociology through participatory action research
7 Methodological considerations in doing public sociology in undergraduate courses
8 Needs assessment as community research project
9 Building connections and broadening horizons through interdisciplinary public sociology
Section IV Case studies in public sociology
10 The Healthy Dearborn coalition: an interdisciplinary, continuing collaboration between university, health, government and community in Southeast Michigan
11 Social construction of public sociology: a case study of deliberative democracy engagement in Taiwan
12 Serving as ambassadors of hope: a case study in public sociology as community-based research and engagement
13 Engaging in public sociology: the Philippine case
14 Peasant mobilisations in India: intersecting class, ethnicity and nationality questions
15 David versus Goliath: using Herbert Gans’ model to explain how a campaign to save nine lambs became public sociology
Section V Students as knowledge producers
16 ‘First publics’ as knowledge producers: integrating students into organic public sociology
17 Following the Chicago school: engaging college and university students in a public sociology gentrified neighborhood program
18 The virtue of teaching public sociology in the neoliberal university
19 Centering social justice in public sociology: lessons from the undocumented student equity project
Section VI Community as knowledge producer
20 The everyday sociological imagination: co-creating new knowledge through story and radio
21 Lessons from the field: helping victim-services community organizations produce knowledge
22 Victims’ communities as knowledge producers in transitional justice processes: the case of post-conflict Colombia
Section VII Sharing knowledge toward public impact
23 Everyday public sociology
24 Public sociology and worker education: the story of the Global Labour University in South Africa
Section VIII Conclusion
25 Looking toward the future: insights from international perspectives on public sociology
Index
