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Informationen zum Autor Ariane Hanemaayer is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Christopher J. Schneider is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus.Contributors: Jill Bucklaschuk, Michael Burawoy, Rick Helmes-Hayes, Anne Mesny, Laura Milne, Kyle Nolan, Susan Prentice, Scott Schaffer, Axel van den Berg, Phillip Vannini Klappentext Leading Canadian experts discuss when - and if - sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism. Zusammenfassung Leading Canadian experts discuss when – and if – sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Michael BurawoyIntroduction: Burawoy's "Normative Vision" of Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. SchneiderPart 1: Debating the Normative Dimensions of Professional Sociology1 Returning to the Classics: Looking to Weber and Durkheim to Resolve the Theoretical Inconsistencies of Public Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer2 Public Sociology, Professional Sociology, and Democracy / Axel Van Den BergPart 2: Critical Reflections on the Possibility of Public Sociology3 L'Ouverture des bouches: The Social and Intellectual Bases for Engaged and Public Social Theory / Scott Schaffer4 Precarious Publics: Interrogating a Public Sociology for Migrant Workers in Canada / Jill Bucklaschuk5 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Public Sociology / Susan PrenticePart 3: Blurring the Line between Policy and Public Sociology6 Public Sociology and Research Ethics / Anne Mesny7 Coral W. Topping, Pioneer Canadian Public Sociologist: "A Veteran Warrior for Prison Reform" / Rick Helmes-HayesPart 4: Innovative Engagements in Public Scholarship8 Social Media and e-Public Sociology / Christopher J. Schneider9 Public Ethnography as Public Engagement: Multimodal Pedagogies for Innovative Learning / Phillip Vannini and Laura MilneConclusion / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. SchneiderEpilogue: Student Reflections on a Public Sociology Course at UBC, Okanagan Campus / Kyle NolanAppendix 1: Theory and Practice of Sociology Syllabus, University of ManitobaAppendix 2: Public Sociology Syllabus, UBC, Okanagan CampusContributors; Index...
