Published 2022
Table of Contents:
“…Front Cover -- Series information -- Critical Engagement with Public
Sociology: A Perspective from the Global South -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Table -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- Typographical Note -- 1 Introduction: Critical Engagement in South Africa and the Global South -- Public
sociology's South African link -- The South African
sociological field -- Critically engaged public
sociology -- Contributing chapters: an overview -- Notes - References. -- Critical Engagement and SWOP's Changing Research Tradition -- Introduction -- SWOP's research programme: an overview -- Early days, anti-apartheid commitments and supporting black trade unions -- The 1990s and 2000s: resistance, worker participation, disillusionment -- After Marikana: beyond labour -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Choosing Sides -- Setting the context -- Researching underground safety on the South African gold mines -- Researching AIDS -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Decline of Labour Studies and the Democratic Transition - Introduction -- Labour studies and public
sociology -- Public
sociology from the ivory tower, 1973-78 --
Sociology and the emergence of new publics, 1979-84 -- The labour movement begins to speak for itself, 1985-93 -- The retreat of labour studies and public
sociology, 1994-2005 -- Labour studies and public
sociology today -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 From 'Critical Engagement' to 'Public
Sociology' and Back -- Part 1: Forging the concepts -- Part 2: The practice of critical engagement -- political knowledge and
sociological knowledge -- The rupture of Marikana -- The
sociology of land struggles and engagement in the field of law -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 The Antinomies and Opportunities of Critical Engagement in South Africa's Rural Mining Frontier -- Introduction -- Researching a polarized rural landscape -- Chiefs and the law -- Local tensions -- Distrust -- On critical engagement and analytical rootedness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7
Sociological Engagement with the Struggle for a Just Transition in South Africa -- The struggle for a just transition in the South African context. -- A public
sociology approach: Working with organized labour (2011-17) -- The research approach: Empowering through 'exchange workshops' -- Research sites -- Material dependence on coal -- Frozen imaginaries -- Rethinking resistance: ambiguity and ambivalence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Feminist Participatory Action Research in African Sex Work Studies -- Introduction -- Background and positionality -- Methods and participants -- African feminism, scholarship and activism -- Engaging with African Sex Workers Alliance feminists -- Feminist-oriented participatory action research.…”
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