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The motivation for Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom is Something We Do Together is based on two observations: first, sociology as a field is populated with scholars on the left and second, (few but still) classical liberals and libertarian scholars are found in neighboring social science fields, such as economics, political science, and political philosophy. Can scholarship benefit if sociology and classical liberal ideas are in dialogue? To answer the question, the book gathers sociologists, criminologists, demographers, and political scientists that care about classical liberal ideas, or are willing to engage their sociological thinking with classical liberal ideas. Not all authors would identify themselves as classical liberals. These contributors discuss sociological topics through the lens of classical liberalism, asking how issues such as class, gender, or race relations can be viewed with a different perspective. Chapters also delve into the intersection of sociology and classical liberalism, exploring where viewpoints conflict and where they align.
List of contents
Contents
Introduction: Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom Is Something We Do Together, by Fabio Rojas and Charlotta Stern
Chapter 1. Does Economic Liberalism Reduce Poverty?, by John Iceland and Eric Silver
Chapter 2. Race, Freedom, and Social Change, by Fabio Rojas
Chapter 3. The Predatory States of America, by Brandon Rudolph Davis
Chapter 4. Classical Liberal Feminism and Gendered Labor Markets, by Charlotta Stern
Chapter 5. Toward a Classical Liberal Sociological Theory of Health Care, by Lauren Hall
Chapter 6. Contending for Freedom: How Classical Liberal Social Science Informs Social Movement Studies, by Mikayla Novak
Chapter 7. Freedom in Economic Sociology, by Patrik Aspers
Chapter 8. Classical Liberalism vs. Populism and Authoritarianism: The Struggle for Modern Democracy, by Jack A. Goldstone
Chapter 9. The Problem on Campus Is How We Think, by Ilana Redstone
Conclusion: Reflections and Trajectories, by Fabio Rojas and Charlotta Stern
About the Contributors
About the author
Fabio Rojas is Virginia L. Roberts professor of sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Charlotta Stern is CEO of Ratio and a professor of sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Summary
Sociology and classical liberalism need to engage each other. This book brings those two viewpoints into conversation and provides a number of voices showing how that dialogue brings new perspectives on classical topics in both traditions.
