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Public sociology : between utopia and anti-utopia / Michael Burawoy.

Burawoy, Michael (author.).

Summary:

"Why sociology matters, how sociologists can help the people they study and how it can help us to deal with the crises of the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781509519156 (softcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 238 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : the promise of sociology -- Part one : theory and practice. Theory : utopia and anti-utopia -- Practice : the (di)vision of sociological labor -- Part two : policy sociology. The language question in university education -- Job evalutation in a racial order -- Part three : public sociology. The color of class -- Student rebellion -- Part four : critical sociology. Race, class, and colonialism -- Migrant labour and the state -- Manufacturing consent -- Racial capitalism -- Part five : professional sociology. Advancing a research program -- Painting socialism -- The great involution -- Part six : real utopias. Third-wave marketization -- Whither the public university? -- Living theory -- Conclusion : biography meets history.
Subject: Sociology.

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