1. Editor’s introduction: A conversation about “public sociology”

   • Lawrence T. Nichols

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4

2. Reflections on public sociology: Public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology

   • David Boyns
   • Jesse Fletcher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 26

3. ”Is public sociology such a good idea?”

   • Jonathan H. Turner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 45

4. Guide for the perplexed: On Michael Burawoy’s “public sociology”

   • Steven Brint

   OriginalPaper Pages: 46 - 65

5. Pitirim A. Sorokin’s integralism and public sociology

   • Vincent Jeffries

   OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 87

6. Social gerontology as public sociology in action

   • Norella M. Putney
   • Dawn E. Alley
   • Vern L. Bengtson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 104

7. Working with the labor movement: A personal journey in organic public sociology

   • Edna Bonacich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 120

8. Global public social science

   • Christopher Chase-Dunn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 132

9. Why sociology does not need to be saved: Analytic reflections on public sociologies

   • Neil McLaughlin
   • Lisa Kowalchuk
   • Kerry Turcotte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 151

10. Third-wave sociology and the end of pure science

    • Michael Burawoy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 152 - 165