Sociology and the Public Agenda [Paperback]

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.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.INTRODUCTION
SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND THE PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA
Can Sociology Play a Greater Role in Shaping the National Agenda? - William Julius Wilson
The Interaction of the Sociological Agenda and Public Policy - Carol H Weiss
How Do Issues Get on Public Policy Agendas? - John W Kingdon
The Powers and the Intellectuals - Steven Brint
Benchmark Texts and Changing Conditions
PART ONE: THE POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP
Migrants Into Citizens? Traditions of Nationhood and Politics of Citizenship in France and Germany - Rogers Brubaker
Citizenship and Welfare - J Donald Moon
Social Democratic and Liberal Perspectives
`Social Citizenship', Work and Social Solidarity - Roger Lawsló$