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Identifying with public sociology, this chapter notes that those “who are most likely to commit to public sociology have had experiences that provide them with a distinctive view of social inequality.” While sociologists should continue to practice public sociology, it can be worrying whether institutionalizing public sociology will simply foster a kind of sociological ghettoization, primarily because those who gravitate toward public sociology may already hold subordinate status within the discipline itself. At a moment when anything associated with the “public” has given ground to massive efforts at privatization, naming public sociology may merely install a permanent and recognizable underclass within sociology, burdened with a stigmatized term.
Keywords: social inequality; privatization; public sociology; subordinate status
Chapter. 4987 words.
Subjects: Comparative and Historical Sociology
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