The Public Sociology Debate

Foreword / Michael Burawoy

Introduction: Burawoy’s “Normative Vision” of Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. SchneiderPart 1: Debating the Normative Dimensions of Professional Sociology

1 Returning to the Classics: Looking to Weber and Durkheim to Resolve the Theoretical Inconsistencies of Public Sociology / Ariane Hanemaayer

2 Public Sociology, Professional Sociology, and Democracy / Axel Van Den Berg

Part 2: Critical Reflections on the Possibility of Public Sociology

3 L’Ouverture des bouches: The Social and Intellectual Bases for Engaged and Public Social Theory / Scott Schaffer

4 Precarious Publics: Interrogating a Public Sociology for Migrant Workers in Canada / Jill Bucklaschuk

5 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Public Sociology / Susan Prentice

Part 3: Blurring the Line between Policy and Public Sociology

6 Public Sociology and Research Ethics / Anne Mesny

7 Coral W. Topping, Pioneer Canadian Public Sociologist: “A Veteran Warrior for Prison Reform” / Rick Helmes-Hayes

Part 4: Innovative Engagements in Public Scholarship

8 Social Media and e-Public Sociology / Christopher J. Schneider

9 Public Ethnography as Public Engagement: Multimodal Pedagogies for Innovative Learning / Phillip Vannini and Laura Milne

Conclusion / Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. Schneider

Epilogue: Student Reflections on a Public Sociology Course at UBC, Okanagan Campus / Kyle Nolan

Appendix 1: Theory and Practice of Sociology Syllabus, University of Manitoba

Appendix 2: Public Sociology Syllabus, UBC, Okanagan Campus

Contributors; Index