Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems: Advancing the Sociological Imagination

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:	9781594516542
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/30/2011
Series:	The Sociological Imagination
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

J. David Knottnerus, Bernard Phillips

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Part I Introduction 1

1 The Scientific Method Bernard Phillips J. David Knottnerus 5

Part II The Sociological Imagination and Social Problems 23

2 Reclaiming the Sociological Imagination: A Brief Overview and Guide Douglas Hartmann 25

3 Putting It All Together: Toward Increasing Sociology's Relevance to Ecological Research Debbie V. S. Kasper 39

4 C. Wright Mills and Education J.I (Hans) Bakker 55

5 Structural Ritualization Theory: Application and Change J. David Knottnerus 70

6 Harry Braverman and the Working Class Frank W. Elwell 85

7 The Web Approach to State Strategy in Puerto Rico Vince Montes 99

8 Macho/Madonna Link? Hypermasculine Violence as a Social System Thomas J. Scheff 119

9 Institutionalized Elder Abuse: Bureaucratic Ritualization and Transformation of Physical Neglect in Nursing Homes Jason S. Ulsperger J. David Knottnerus 134

10 Discipline and Publish: Public Sociology in an Age of Professionalization Arlene Stein 156

11 Public Opinion and Social Movements: A Sociological Analysis Louis Kontos 172

Part III Conclusions 187

12 Deep Dialogue and Deep Democracy Bernard Phillips Louis Kontos 189

13 The East-West Strategy Bernard Phillips J. David Knottnerus 203

About the Editors and Contributors 218

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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