Professional sociology

Professional sociology

This is a term coined by Michael Burawoy. It provides the conceptual frameworks and bodies of knowledge without which public sociology nor policy sociology could function. Professional sociology is restricted to an academic audience, which one can enter after one is trained in the discipline. Professional sociologists do not interact directly with the public. Within professional sociology there are a number of research programs that solve sets of puzzles regarding the social world. It provides critical sociologists, policy sociologists and public sociologists with frameworks of knowledge to allow them to develop findings in their own specific fields.

References

2004 American Sociological Association Presidential address: For public sociology, The British Journal of Sociology 2005, Volume 56, Issue 2. p260-290


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