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Public Sociology

, 2017
Public sociology refers to the application and uses of sociology beyond the academy. The term has been used very broadly to describe any sociological theory, methods, research findings, or commentary by sociologists that are consumed (and, ideally, used) by non-sociologists.
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Sociology as a Vocation and a Collective Enterprise: Remembering Michael Burawoy

Sociologica
Michael Burawoy has been one of the most influential contemporary sociologists. The author of a scholarly output developed over fifty years, Burawoy innovated in ways of theorizing, field research methods, and tackling the most varied objects of study ...
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
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Klasická sociologie Inocence A. Bláhy v kontextu soudobých diskusí

Historická sociologie, 2017
The following text deals with the sociology of I. A. Bláha in the context of two contemporary discussions about values in social science: the first is a dispute about so called public sociology and the second represents feministic epistemological ...
Dušan Janák
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Perché la «sociologia pubblica» resta controversa

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The public sociology promoted by Burawoy has met with consensus and skeptical voices over time. The debate has focused mainly on the model of disciplinary division of labour and on the interactions between the different types of sociology.
Carlo De Rose
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Loan default prediction of Chinese P2P market: a machine learning methodology

Scientific Reports, 2021
Repayment failures of borrowers have greatly affected the sustainable development of the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry. The latest literature reveals that existing risk evaluation systems may ignore important signals and risk factors affecting P2P ...
Junhui Xu, Zekai Lu, Ying Xie
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Public Sociology and the Rights of Citizenship in Brazil: Critical Assessment and Historical Perspectives

RIMCIS, 2014
Public sociology is at the origin of the formation of the modern Brazilian sociological field. Between 1960 and 1970, at least two important institutions of sociological research (the Center for Labor and Industrial Sociology at the University of São ...
Ruy Braga
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Sociology Back to the Publics [PDF]

Sociology, 2007
This article is a reading of the `new sociology' that is mainly identified with the works of C. Wright Mills and Alvin Gouldner. Its main argument is that during the past 40 years the new sociology gave back a public face to sociology. This distinguishes it from the `old sociology' that had not been able to free itself from `private' social values.
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Sociologia e engajamento em Portugal: reflexões a partir do trabalho e do sindicalismo

Caderno CRH
O presente paper procura ser um exemplo da sociologia crítica-pública desenvolvida no Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), da Universidade de Coimbra. A linha temática aqui tratada (sociologia do trabalho e do sindicalismo) assume uma perspectiva crítica ...
Elísio Estanque
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Doing Public Sociology in the Classroom [PDF]

, 2018
Within this chapter I explore the manner in which public sociology (Burawoy, 2004) might be usefully employed to enhance teaching and learning. After arguing for an orientation to teaching that centralises students’ experiences by ‘starting from where they are’ I outline three practical stages in the doing of public sociology in the classroom.
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Con la sociologia pubblica: ragioni e prospettive di una proposta

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In recent years, interest in the perspective of public sociology has grown in Italy, alongside a renewed focus on the relationship between sociology and the public sphere.
Lavinia Bifulco, Vando Borghi
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