{"product_id":"public-sociology-paperback-softback-9781509519156","title":"Public Sociology (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509519156","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePublic Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Burawoy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509519156, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Burawoy has written a fascinating intellectual autobiography, reconstructing the sociological canon along the way. This is a powerful call for sociology to recover its public mission.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Webster, University of the Witwatersrand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Behind Michael Burawoy’s inspirational new book lies his extraordinary experiences alongside, and research into, the  lives of workers in Zambia, Hungary, Russia, and Chicago. At each stop in his journey, he asks: What is this worker’s life like? And how could it be? This is such a welcome and important book – read it and pass it on.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArlie Hochschild, author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Michael Burawoy argues for a sociology that encourages and informs critical public discussions on the preservation of our society. His illuminating personal trajectory, used as an object of analysis and placed in a wider social context, is a must-read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Julius Wilson, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This is no dry textbook. It deserves a much wider readership among all of us who know that we need to extend our utopian and anti-utopian commitments.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Pepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Burawoy’s \u003ci\u003ePublic sociology\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for anyone embarking or reflecting on their sociological journey and practice. Burawoy has made a career of walking where others fear to tread. The book is a worthy account of his career.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Burawoy has helped to reshape the theory and practice of sociology across the Western world. \u003ci\u003ePublic Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e is his most thoroughgoing attempt to explore what a truly committed, engaged sociology should look like in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurawoy looks back on the defining moments of his intellectual journey, exploring his pivotal early experiences as a researcher, such as his fieldwork in a Zambian copper mine and a Chicago factory. He recounts his time as a graduate and professor during the ideological ferment in sociology departments of the 1970s, and explores how his experiences intersected with a changing political and intellectual world up to the present. Recalling Max Weber, Burawoy argues that sociology is much more than just a discipline – it is a vocation, to be practiced everywhere and by everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction – The Promise of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Theory and Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Theory: Utopia and Anti-Utopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Practice: The (Di)vision of Sociological Labor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Policy Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Language Question in University Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Job Evaluation in a Racial Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Public Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Color of Class\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Student Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Critical Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Race, Class and Colonialism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Migrant Labor and the State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Manufacturing Consent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10.  Racial Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Five: Professional Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Advancing a Research Program\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Painting Socialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Great Involution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Six: Real Utopias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Third-Wave Marketization\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. Whither the Public University?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Living Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Biography Meets History \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453504418072,"sku":"9781509519156","price":16.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509519156.jpg?v=1785285346","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/public-sociology-paperback-softback-9781509519156","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}