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| Foreword | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Public Scholarship, the Sociological Imagination, and Engaged Scholarship | |
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| Sidebar: Expert Testimony | |
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| Crossing Boundaries in 21st-century Research: Sharing Knowledge and Collaborating Between University and Community | |
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| Sidebar: Setting a Graduate Education Path for Public Sociology | |
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| Sidebar: Developing Student Commitment to Public Sociology | |
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| Starting Up and Sustaining Public Sociology Projects | |
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| Sidebar: Working With the Academy: A Community Perspective | |
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| Career Guide for Public Sociologists | |
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| Sidebar: Enjoying Success Outside the Academy | |
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| Sidebar: Public Sociologist as Teacher First | |
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| Sidebar: Learning Is a Two-Way Street | |
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| Equitable Community Development | |
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| Sidebar: Partnerships From the Perspective of the Community | |
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| Educating About Homelessness: A University-City Government Research Partnership | |
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| The Differential Impact of Gentrification on Communities of Color in Chicago | |
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| Research in Action: The Case of InnerCity Entrepreneurs | |
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| Art and Equitable Community Development | |
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| Environmental Issues | |
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| Public Sociology for Environmental Health and Environmental Justice | |
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| Learning From Disaster: Documenting the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Displaced College Students From New Orleans | |
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| Working for Global Environmental Justice: Channeling Privilege, Producing New Knowledge | |
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| Sidebar: Testimonial From "Briana" | |
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| Regional Research and Data Collection to Enhance Public Knowledge | |
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| Neighborhood, Region, and Place: The Chicago Experience | |
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| The Sacramento State Annual Survey of the Region | |
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| Reducing Hunger in Oregon | |
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| Povertyeast.org: Providing Information to Help Communities Address Critical Needs | |
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| Sociology in Public Service | |
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| Inequalities of Race, Class, and Gender | |
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| Bringing Feminist Sociology to Smart-Girl: Building a University-Nonprofit Partnership | |
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| Sidebar: Public Sociology as a Foundation for a Counseling Career in Education | |
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| Feminist Research in Action: An Intersectional Approach to Girlcentric Programming | |
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| Youth Participation in Community Research for Racial Justice | |
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| Building Resources to Create and Maintain Stable Diverse Communities | |
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| The Media | |
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| The Media, ACORN, and Presidential Politics | |
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| Pressuring Alcohol Companies to Reform Marketing Practices | |
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| The Reel Girls Project: Self, Image, Adolescence, and Filmmaking | |
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| The Internet as a Leveler Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Communities | |
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| Health | |
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| Teen Pregnancy Prevention | |
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| Doing God's Work and Doing Good Work(s): Unique Challenges to Evaluation Research in Ministry Settings | |
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| Feast on the Southeast: Creating a Sustainable Local Food System in Southeastern North Carolina | |
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| Sidebar: Doing Public Sociology | |
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| Challenging Discrimination Against Women, Minorities, and the Sick in Health Insurance | |
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| Tobacco Use Prevention in Montana's Frontier Communities: Developing New Rural Strategies | |
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| Crime, Reducing Violence, and Promoting Justice | |
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| Forty Years of Codifying and Mapping Homicides in Chicago: Impacts on Policing, Research, and Community Well-Being | |
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| Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice in Wisconsin: Analysis, Graphs, and Engagement | |
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| The Role of Relationship Building in Research Partnerships | |
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| Sidebar: The Process of Partnering Is as Essential as the Final Product | |
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| Hate Crime Motivation: The Practical Consequences of an Offender Typology | |
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| Community Organizing | |
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| Cultivating Public Sociology From the Classroom: The Case of a Student-Organized Tenants Union | |
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| Sidebar: The Power of Community Organizing | |
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| The Unity of Theory and Practice: The U.S. Social Forum and Movement Building for Social Transformation | |
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| When the Community Leads | |
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| The "Third Place" Project | |
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| Conclusion: The Case for the New, Engaged 21st-century Scholarship | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| About the Contributors | |