{"product_id":"sociologists-making-change-public-engagement-for-social-justice-hardcover","title":"Sociologists Making Change: Public Engagement for Social Justice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale W. Wimberley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJon Shefner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMany sociologists enter their discipline motivated to make a living doing intellectual labor in a way that also will make the world a more just place, only to find that academic institutional constraints routinely impede their pursuit of that original goal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociologists Making Change\u003c\/i\u003e gathers more than a dozen examples of the real-world activism of US sociologists, who confront those constraints and get involved in political and social change efforts in addition to their conventional teaching and academic research.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume provides a resource for sociologists aiming to enter, stay on, or get back onto a path of public engagement. Without imposing a singular vision of how to follow that path, the editors and contributors illuminate a variety of ways to pursue change-oriented sociology. While such publicly engaged sociology is not a requisite role for every sociologist, it is consistent with a long sociological tradition. In this time and in the foreseeable future, the book argues, both the public and sociology as a discipline could benefit from research, teaching, and activism that aims to make a difference. \u003ci\u003eSociologists Making Change\u003c\/i\u003e offers a path for sociologists collectively to build better public visibility in ways that make the discipline better understood and more valued in the public mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale W. Wimberley\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Shefner\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA, \u003cbr\u003eand Director of the Community University Research Collaboration Initiative.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652287693074,"sku":"9781666981322","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/y_U617XI6J9781666981322.webp?v=1793357499","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/sociologists-making-change-public-engagement-for-social-justice-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}