THE PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY DEBATE ETHICS AND ENGAGEMENT
Edited by Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. Schneider
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication The public sociology debate : ethics and engagement / edited by Ariane Hanemaayer and Christopher J. Schneider. Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-7748-2663-1 (bound). – ISBN 978-0-7748-2665-5 (pdf). – ISBN 978-0-7748-2666-2 (epub) 1. Sociology – Philosophy. 2. Sociology – Methodology. 3. Sociology – Moral and ethical aspects. 4. Sociology – Study and teaching. 5. Applied sociology. I. Hanemaayer, Ariane, 1984-, author, editor of compilation II. Schneider, Christopher J., author, editor of compilation HM511.P82 2014 301.01 C2013-908757-5 C2013-908758-3
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Sample Material © 2014 UBC Press Contents
Foreword / ix MICHAEL BURAWOY
Acknowledgments / xix
Introduction: Burawoy’s “Normative Vision” of Sociology / 3 ARIANE HANEMAAYER and CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER
Part 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 / 31 ARIANE HANEMAAYER
2 Public Sociology, Professional Sociology, and Democracy / 53 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 / 77 SCOTT SCHAFFER Sample Material © 2014 UBC Press viii Contents
4 Precarious Publics: Interrogating a Public Sociology for Migrant Workers in Canada / 108 JILL BUCKLASCHUK
5 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Public Sociology / 132 SUSAN PRENTICE
Part 3 Blurring the Line between Policy and Public Sociology
6 Public Sociology and Research Ethics / 153 ANNE MESNY
7 Coral W. Topping, Pioneer Canadian Public Sociologist: “A Veteran Warrior for Prison Reform” / 175 RICK HELMES-HAYES
Part 4 Innovative Engagements in Public Scholarship
8 Social Media and e-Public Sociology / 205 CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER
9 Public Ethnography as Public Engagement: Multimodal Pedagogies for Innovative Learning / 225 PHILLIP VANNINI and LAURA MILNE
Conclusion / 246 ARIANE HANEMAAYER and CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER
Epilogue: Student Reflections on a Public Sociology Course at UBC, Okanagan Campus / 252 KYLE NOLAN
Appendix 1: Theory and Practice of Sociology Syllabus, University of Manitoba / 257
Appendix 2: Public Sociology Syllabus, UBC, Okanagan Campus / 263
Contributors / 276
Index / 280 Sample Material © 2014 UBC Press Introduction Burawoy’s “Normative Vision” of Sociology ARIANE HANEMAAYER and CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER
This book invites sociologists and sociology students to consider what is at stake in debates about public sociology. What kind of sociol