Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice

Abstract

Chapter One: 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 Chapter Two: 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 Chapter Three: 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 Friedman Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Four: 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 - Nilda Flores-Gonzalez and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Five: Socialization Socialization, Stereotypes, and Homelessness - Michele Wakin Reengaging Activism in the Socialization of Undergraduate Students - Shelley White Dangerous Behaviors? Police Encounters With Juvenile Gang Offenders - Susan Guarino-Ghezzi Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Six: 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 Chapter Seven: 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 Chapter Eight: Stratification and Social Class Housing and Homelessness in Maine: A Case of Public Sociology in Practice - Joe Bandy and Craig McEwen Relocating the Homeless-or Not! - James Wright Sociology Is Action: Using Sociology for Children's Rights - Jonathan White Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Nine: 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 Chapter Ten: 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 Chapter Eleven: Globalization and Immigration Interracial Conflict and Attempts at Reconciliation in Auburn, Maine - Joe Bandy with Elspeth Benard (Dennison) 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 Chapter Twelve: Environmental Justice Using a Sociological Tool Kit to Make Energy Efficiency Happen - Lou Jacobson The Sociology of Environmental Justice: Merging Research and Action - Daniel Faber Activist Scholarship for Environmental Justice - David Naguib Pellow Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Thirteen: Social Institutions (Family, Economy) Making an Interest in Adoption Matter - Kathy S. Stolley From Hollowing Out the Middle to Reimagining Small Towns - Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas Why Don't We Do Something About It?' A Response to Job Loss in Rural Communities - Leslie Hossfeld Discussion Questions & Resources Chapter Fourteen: Social Institutions, Continued (Education, Government, Religion A Sociologist as a Social Seismographer: Understanding the Earthquake in Class Inequality in US 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 A Sociologist as a Social Seismographer: Understanding the Earthquake in Class Inequality in US 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 A Sociologist as a Social Seismographer: Understanding the Earthquake in Class Inequality in US 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