Public Sociologies Reader by Blau, Judith R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1 - Introduction: A Public Sociology for Human Rights

HUMAN RIGHTS: WHOSE RIGHTS? WHICH RIGHTS? THREE WAVES OF MARKETIZATION, THREE ERAS OF SOCIOLOGY THE EROSION OF LABOR AND SOCIAL RIGHTS THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY BEGINS AT HOME: FEMINISM, RACISM, AND TEACHING REENVISIONING SOCIOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

I - THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL

2 - Critical Globalization Studies

GLOBAL CAPITALISM EXERCISING A “PREFERENTIAL OPTION” FOR THE SUBORDINATE MAJORITY OF GLOBAL SOCIETY SEVERAL INTERWOVEN TENETS OF A CRITICAL GLOBALIZATION STUDIES EPISTEMOLOGICAL “GROUND RULES” OF A CGS CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

3 - Cosmopolitan Citizenship

THE EROSION OF NATIONALITY WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP? THE TRANSFORMATION OF CITIZENSHIP THE COSMOPOLITAN ALTERNATIVE THE IDEA OF COSMOPOLITAN CITIZENSHIP CONCLUSION REFERENCES

4 - The Struggle for Global Society in a World System

FRAMING THE STRUGGLE MOBILIZING NETWORK RESOURCES POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES POSITIVE RELATIONAL DYNAMICS NURTURING A GLOBAL SOCIETY WITHIN THE WORLD SYSTEM CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

5 - A Movement Rising: Consciousness, Vision, and Strategy from the Bottom Up

A WORD ABOUT PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY FROM THE BOTTOM UP POPULAR EDUCATION TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS AND TO GUIDE POLITICAL PRACTICE RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW MOMENT THINK FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD: THERE ARE NO GOOD OLD DAYS REFERENCES

II - THE RIGHTS OF HUMANS

NEOLIBERALISM AND THE RISE OF SWEATSHOP LABOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE SWEATSHOPS REALLY SO BAD? SURPLUS WORKERS IN LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SWEATSHOP JOBS VS. NO JOBS: NO ALTERNATIVES? WOULD THE EXTRA REVENUES REALLY GET PASSED BACK? WILL REVENUES ACTUALLY GET PASSED BACK? ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

7 - Framing the Social Security Debate

FRAMING OLD AGE SECURITY CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

THE INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEOLIBERALISM THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS ON HEALTH CONCLUSION REFERENCES

9 - Indigenous in Itself to Indigenous for Itself

INDIGENOUS The Relational Concept SEEKING RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ACADEMIA CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT REFERENCES

10 - Migrants, Rights, and States

DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW MIGRATION STATES AND MIGRATION PROMOTING MIGRANT RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD MIGRANT COURT CASES AND THEIR ADJUDICATION THE WORLD OUT THERE: WORK ON BEHALF OF MIGRANT RIGHTS CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES

III - SUSTAINABILITY AND PEACE

DISASTERS AS SOCIAL PROCESSES DISASTERS AND VULNERABILITY INTRASOCIETAL VULNERABILITY INTERSOCIETAL VULNERABILITY HURRICANE MITCH AND ITS SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT ON HONDURAS THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

12 - Promoting Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL TRAJECTORY DEMOCRACY AND SUSTAINABILITY REFERENCES

13 - Promoting Peace through Global Governance

INTERNAL DEMOCRATIZATION THEMATIC DIPLOMACY WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS NATION BUILDING AND THE PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY PEACE PROSPECTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS REFERENCES

IV - RETHINKING LIBERALISM

14 - Ejidos: A Utopian Project

THE COMMONS: EJIDOS A TYPOLOGY PUBLICS MODERNITY AS FLIMSINESS TRUSTWORTHINESS AND RIGHTS PLURALISM A UTOPIAN PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

15 - Teaching Public Sociologies

THE AGE OF SCRUTINY: I DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU ARE TEACHING ME! THE LACK OF DIVERSITY ON-CAMPUS ILLUSTRATIONS OFF-CAMPUS STUDY: POPULAR BUT PROBLEMATIC SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH: WHY THE DEEP SOUTH? COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS COLLABORATORS CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

16 - Feminist Strategies for Public Sociology

SCHOLARSHIP WITH A SOCIAL JUSTICE MISSION INTERDISCIPLINARY CRITICAL ANALYSIS TEACHING AS ACTIVISM CAREERS AS SCHOLAR-ACTIVISTS CONCLUSION REFERENCES

17 - The Challenge to Public Sociology: Neoliberalism’s Illusion of Inclusion

PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY AND THE HAIR ON THE SPIDER’S LEG OBSTACLES TO PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY: THE ILLUSION OF INCLUSION CONSTRUCTING THE ILLUSION OF INCLUSION THE SOCIOLOGISTS’ DILEMMA: MAKING PRIVATE PROBLEMS PUBLIC AGAIN REFERENCES

Appendix - Annotated Guide to Online Resources for Public Sociologists Index About the Editors and Contributors