Research Catalog

Title

Critical engagement with public sociology : a perspective from the Global South / edited by Andries Bezuidenhout, Sonwabile Mnwana and Karl von Holdt.

Publication

• Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bezuidenhout, Andries
• Mnwana, Sonwabile
• Von Holdt, K. (Karl)

Description

xvi, 289 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Involving four generations of Global South researchers, this book provides a theoretical and empirical critique of Burawoy's model of public sociology. It offers a bridge between debates on public sociology and decolonial frameworks. The idea of public sociology, as introduced by Michael Burawoy, was inspired by the sociological practice in South Africa known as 'critical engagement'. This volume explores the evolution of critical engagement before and after Burawoy's visit to South Africa in the 1990s and offers a Southern critique of his model of public sociology. Involving four generations of researchers from the Global South, the authors provide a multifaceted exploration of the formation of new knowledge through research practices of co-production. Tracing the historical development of 'critical engagement' from a Global South perspective, the book deftly weaves a bridge between the debates on public sociology and decolonial frameworks.

Series Statement

Public Sociology series

Subject

• Sociology > Developing countries
• Sociology > South Africa
• Sociology > Philosophy
• Social conditions
• Sociology
• Developing countries > Social conditions
• Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Critical Engagement in South Africa and the Global South -- 2. Critical Engagement and SWOP's Changing Research Tradition -- 3. Choosing Sides: The Promise and PItfalls of a Critically Engaged Sociology in Apartheid South Africa -- 4. The Decline of Labour Studies and the Democratic Transition -- 5. From 'Critical Engagement' to 'Public Sociology' and Back: A Critique from the South -- 6. The Antinomies and Opportunities of Critical Engagement in South Africa's Rural Mining Frontier -- 7. Sociological Engagement with the Struggle for a Just Transition in South Africa -- 8. Feminist Participatory Action Research in African Sex Work Studies -- 9. Participatory Action Research for Food Justice in Johannesburg: Seeking a More Immediate Impact for Engaged Research -- 10. Dilemmas and Issues Confronting Socially Engaged Research withing Universities -- 11. Experiences of Meetings and Cooperation between Academics and Unions: The Work Studies Group from the South (GETSUR) -- 12. Critically Engaged Sociology in Turkey and 'Sociology across the South' -- 13. Reflections on Critical Engagement -- 14. Conclusion: Towards a Southern Sociology.

Call Number

Sc E 22-1412

ISBN

• 9781529221145
• 1529221145

OCLC

1328008725

Title

Critical engagement with public sociology : a perspective from the Global South / edited by Andries Bezuidenhout, Sonwabile Mnwana and Karl von Holdt.

Publisher

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Public Sociology series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bezuidenhout, Andries, editor.

Mnwana, Sonwabile, editor.

Von Holdt, K. (Karl), editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-1412