02373nam 2200529 a 450 991048089100332120170821160904.01-4833-2548-21-4522-5263-7(CKB)2550000001194116(EBL)1598342(MiAaPQ)EBC1598342(OCoLC)918558978(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159018(EXLCZ)99255000000119411620130912d1993 fy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSociology and the public agenda[electronic resource] /edited by William Julius WilsonNewbury Park, Calif. SAGEc19931 online resource (408 p.)American Sociological Association presidential seriesAmerican Sociological Association presidential seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-42029-7 0-8039-5083-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. The politics of citizenship -- part II. Organizations, social movements, and public policy -- part III. The public agenda : addressing high priority social problems -- part IV. Issues for the public agenda.The editor of this volume asserts that sociology's ostrich-like stance threatens to leave the discipline in a position of irrelevance to the world at large and compromises the support of policymakers, funders, media and the public. Wilson's vision is of a sociology attuned to the public agenda, influencing public policy through both short and long-range analysis from a sociological perspective. Using a variety of policy issues, perspectives, methods and cases, the distinguished contibutors to this volume both demonstrate and emphasize Wilson's ideas.American Sociological Association Presidential SeriesSocial policySociologyElectronic books.Social policy.Sociology.361.6/1361.61Wilson William J.1935-44079StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910480891003321Sociology and the public agenda2449328UNINA