Sociologists in action : sociology, social change, and social justice / Kathleen Odell Korgen, Jonathan M. White, Shelley K. White
- Author
- Korgen, Kathleen Odell, 1967-
- Published
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, [2011]
- Copyright Date
- ©2011
- Physical Description
- x, 295 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- White, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Michael) and White, Shelley
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The Sociological Perspective -- "Sociology: Promise and Potential Through Praxis" / Cheryl Joseph -- "Stand Up and Speak Out" / Judith Wittner -- "Organizational Consulting: A Passion for Meaningful Sociological Work" / Kathryn Goldman Schuyler -- "From Damaged Goods to Empowered Patients" / Adina Nack -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 2.Theory -- "Critical Mixed-Race Studies: The Intersections of Identity and Social Justice" / Andrew Jolivette -- "An Ideal Approach to Change?" / John E. Glass -- "Using Sociology for College Success" / Laura Nichols -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 3.Research Methods -- "The Michigan Alcohol and Other Drugs School Survey" / Thomas L. Van Valey -- "Assessing European Environmental Health Action Plans" / Harry Perlstadt -- "Positive Deviance Research as a Way to Help People" / Samuel R. Friedman -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 4.Culture -- "Academic as Social Entrepreneur: Creating Organizations for Social Change" / Juliet Schor -- "Excerpt From `The Diary of a Mad Social Scientist'" / Corey Dolgon -- "Youth Culture, Identity, and Resistance: Participatory Action Research in a Puerto Rican Barrio" / Michael Rodriguez-Muniz -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 5.Socialization -- "Socialization, Stereotypes, and Homelessness" / Michele Wakin -- "Reengaging Activism in the Socialization of Undergraduate Students" / Shelley K. White -- "Dangerous Behaviors? Police Encounters With Juvenile Gang Offenders" / Susan Guarino-Ghezzi -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 6.Deviant Behavior -- "Reducing Hate and Prejudice on Campus: A Sociologist's Contributions" / Jack Levin -- "Thinking Like a Researcher" / David J. Hanson -- "The Politics of Protest Policing" / Alex S. Vitale -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 7.Social Movements -- "Change the World---Start at School" / Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur -- "Policy Service-Learning: Fulfilling the Promise of Sociology" / Scott Myers-Lipton -- "Using Sociological Skills for Movements to Confront Power: The Genesis of the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP)" / Bruce Nissen -- "A Campus Gun-Free Zone Movement" / Rob Benford -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 8.Stratification and Social Class -- "Housing and Homelessness in Maine: A Case of Public Sociology in Practice" / Craig McEwen -- "Relocating the Homeless---or Not!" / James D. Wright -- "Sociology is Action: Using Sociology for Children's Rights" / Jonathan M. White -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 9.Race and Ethnic Relations -- "Adding Vitality to Sociology: Bringing the Community Into Research" / Philip Nyden -- "Bridging the Campus and the Community: Blogging About the Asian American Experience" / C. N. Le -- "Putting Sociology to Work in Winnersville, USA" / Mark Patrick George -- "Methods of Truth and Reconciliation" / David Cunningham -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 10.Sex, Gender, and Sexuality -- "Sex in Some Cities: Explorations of AIDS/HIV Education and Hooking Up" / Rebecca Plante -- "A Public Sociology of Gender and Masculinity" / Michael Kimmel -- "The Southern West Virginia Photovoice Project: Community Action Through Sociological Research" / Shannon Elizabeth Bell -- "Getting the Message Out" / Susan Stall -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 11.Globalization and Migration -- "Interracial Conflict and Attempts at Reconciliation in Auburn, Maine" / Joe Bandy -- "How Culture Matters in Poverty Alleviation Efforts: Microcredit and Confucian Ideas in Rural China" / Becky Hsu -- "Informed Debate in a Political Minefield" / Irene Bloemraad -- "Community-Based Research and Immigrant Rights" / Leah Schmalzbauer -- "Jeffersonian Science, Public Sociology, and Academic Careers: Some Insights and Suggestions for Potential Future Social Scientists" / Robert Courtney Smith -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 12.Environmental Justice -- "Using a Sociological Tool Kit to Make Energy Efficiency Happen" / Lou Jacobson -- "Activist Scholarship for Environmental Justice" / David Naguib Pellow -- "The Sociology of Environmental Justice: Merging Research and Action" / Daniel Faber -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 13.Social Institutions (Family, Economy) -- "Making an Interest in Adoption Matter" / Kathy S. Stolley -- "From Hollowing Out the Middle to Reimagining Small Towns" / Maria J. Kefalas -- "`Why Don't we do Something About It?' A Response to Job Loss in Rural Communities" / Leslie Hossfeld -- Discussion Questions -- Resources -- 14.Social Institutions, Continued (Education, Government, Religion) -- "A Sociologist as a Social Seismographer: Understanding the Earthquake in Class Inequality in U.S. Higher Education" / Sigal Alon -- "Putting Theory Into Action!" / John Asimakapolous -- "Taking Sociology to Real-World Religious Communities" / Christian Smith -- "Democracy Matters: Giving Students a Political Voice" / Joan D. Mandle -- Discussion Questions -- Resources.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781412982832 (pbk.)
1412982839 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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