Public sociology : research, action, and change / Philip Nyden, Leslie Hossfeld, Gwendolyn Nyden.

Author/creator Nyden, Philip W.
Other author Hossfeld, Leslie H., 1961-
Other author Nyden, Gwendolyn E.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Sociology--Methodology.
Sociology--Research.
Applied sociology.
Social change.

Contents Chapter 1. Public Scholarship, the Sociological Imagination, and Engaged Scholarship -- Chapter 2. Crossing Boundaries in 21st-Century Research -- Chapter 3. Starting Up and Sustaining Public Sociology Projects -- Chapter 4. Career Guide for Public Sociologists -- Case Studies 1. Equitable Community Development -- 1.1 Educating About Homelessness: A University-City Government Research Partnership -- 1.2 Differential Impact of Gentrification and Displacement on Communities of Color -- 1.3 Research in Action: Inner City Entrepreneurs -- 1.4 Art and Equitable Community Development -- Case Studies 2: Environmental Issues -- 2.1 Public Sociology for Environmental Health and Environmental Justice -- 2.2 Learning From Disaster: Documenting the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Displaced College Students From New Orleans -- 2.3 Working for Global Environmental Justice: Channeling Privilege, Producing New Knowledge -- Case Studies 3: Regional Research and Data Collection to Enhance Public Knowledge -- 3.1 Neighborhood, Region, and Place: The Chicago Experience -- 3.2 The Sacramento State Annual Survey of the Region -- 3.3 Reducing Hunger in Oregon -- 3.4 PovertyEast.org: Poverty Information to Health Communities Address Critical Needs -- 3.5 Sociology in Public Service -- Case Studies 4: Inequalities of Race, Class and Gender -- 4.1 Bringing a Feminist Sociology to Smart-Girl: Building a University-Nonprofit Partnership -- 4.2 Feminist Research in Action: An Intersectional Approach to Girlcentric Programming -- 4.3 Youth Participation in Community Research for Racial Justice -- 4.4 Building Resources to Create and Maintain Stable Diverse Communities
Contents Case Studies 5: The Media -- 5.1 The Media, ACORN, and Presidential Politics -- 5.2 Pressuring Alcohol Companies to Reform Marketing Practices -- 5.3 The Reel Girls Project: Self, Image, Adolescence, and Filmmaking -- 5.4 The Internet as a Leveler Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Communities -- Case Studies 6: Health -- 6.1 Teen Pregnancy Prevention -- 6.2 Doing God's Work and Doing Good Work(s): Unique Challenges to Evaluation Research in Ministry Settings -- 6.3 Feast on the Southeast: Creating a Sustainable Local Food System in Southeastern North Carolina -- 6.4 Challenging Discrimination Against Women, Minorities, and the Sick in Health Insurance -- 6.5 Tobacco Use Prevention in Montana's Frontier Communities: Developing New Rural Strategies -- Case Studies 7: Crime, Reducing Violence and Promoting Justice -- 7.1 Forty Years of Codifying and Mapping Homicides in Chicago: Impacts on Policing, Research, and Community Well-Being -- 7.2 Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice in Wisconsin: Analysis, Graphs, and Engagement -- 7.3 The Role of Relationship Building in Research Partnerships -- 7.4 Hate Crime Motivation: The Practical Consequences of an Offender Typology -- Case Studies 8: Community Organizing -- 8.1 Cultivating Public Sociology From the Classroom: The Case of a Student-Organized Tenants Union -- 8.2 The Unity of Theory and Practice: The U.S. Social Forum and Movement Building for Social Transformation -- 8.3 When the Community Leads -- 8.4 The "Third Place" Project.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010050142
ISBN9781412982634 (pbk.)
ISBN1412982634 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HM511 .N93 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold