Article Title
Abstract
Interest in "public sociology" in the United States is a positive sign for researchers who seek to span the borders between academia and social change. However, it is important not to assume that just because sociological research is publicly oriented it will automatically advance human rights, justice, and ecological sustainability. Sociologists must critically consider principles for conducting public sociology if their work is to have a libratory outcome. This is particularly crucial when academic researchers attempt to directly work with marginalized social groups. In this article, I draw upon my experiences conducting a project of public sociology on local homeless policy to identify four basic principles for "counterhegemonic organic public sociology."
DOI
101163/187219107X203595
Recommended Citation
Noy.
2007.
"Principles for Organic Public Sociology: Reflections on Publicly Engaged Research in the San Francisco Homeless Policy Field."
Societies Without Borders
2 (2):
260-272.
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/swb/vol2/iss2/6