Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems: Advancing the Sociological Imagination / Edition 1

by Bernard S Phillips, J. David Knottnerus

Overview

On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills, the 'bureaucratic ethos' that he described continues to define our world more than ever before. In Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems eleven contributors systematically continue and develop Mills' broad vision of the scientific method. They analyse escalating bureaucratic barriers that prevent us from solving our many pressing social, environmental, and economic problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594516535
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/30/2009
Series:	The Sociological Imagination
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

J. David Knottnerus, Bernard Phillips

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 The Scientific Method, Bernard Phillips, J. David Knottnerus; Part II The Sociological Imagination and Social Problems; Chapter 2 Reclaiming the Sociological Imagination, Douglas Hartmann; Chapter 3 Putting It All Together, Debbie V S. Kasper; Chapter 4 C. Wright Mills and Education, J. I. (Hans) Bakker; Chapter 5 Structural Ritualization Theory, J. David Knottnerus; Chapter 6 Harry Braverman and the Working Class, Frank W. Elwell; Chapter 7 The Web Approach to State Strategy in Puerto Rico, Vince Montes; Chapter 8 Macho/Madonna Link?, Thomas J. Scheff; Chapter 9 Institutionalized Elder Abuse, Jason S. Ulsperger, J. David Knottnerus; Chapter 10 Discipline and Publish, Arlene Stein; Chapter 11 Public Opinion and Social Movements, Louis Kontos; Part III Conclusions; Chapter 12 Deep Dialogue and Deep Democracy, Bernard Phillips, Louis Kontos; Chapter 13 The East-West Strategy, Bernard Phillips, J. David Knottnerus;

Editorial Reviews

Sociologists mark the elapse of half a century since the 1959 publication of C. Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination with critiques of the book in the light of current world problems, and critiques of how well the profession has addressed the problems it identified. Their perspectives include increasing sociology’s relevance to ecological research, Harry Braverman and the working class, the bureaucratic ritualization and transformation of physical neglect in nursing homes, public sociology in an age of professionalism, a sociological analysis of public opinion and social movements, and deep dialogue and deep democracy.” —Eithne O’Leyne, October 2011 Reference and Research Book News

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