Social Justice and the Sociological Imagination: A Reader for the 21st Century (Third Edition)

Most sociology readers offer a mix of classic and contemporary articles covering the breadth of sociological topics from A to Z.

Others focus on one area, such as globalisation or urban sociology.

Some are intended as companions to particular textbooks; a few include novelties such as blog posts.

Social Justice and the Sociological Imagination is substantially different, with unique features likely to appeal not only to University of Tennessee-Knoxville students but to students at other universities. Within Social Justice and the Sociological Imagination:all articles are previously published works by UTK Sociology faculty.

Coming from this close-knit, singularly collegial department, the articles display a shared vocabulary and level of coherency that increase accessibility over readers containing articles authored by sociologists who do not regularly interact with one another. the reader reflects the department's overarching theme of social justice which is investigated in four specific areas: Critical Criminology, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, Environmental Justice, and Political Economy & Globalization.

Pedagogical practice demonstrates that most students prefer depth to breadth.

Our focus on these four areas allows us to drill down on several topics, rather than offering shallow treatments of many topics. The articles show the faculty's inclination toward public sociology in which analytical attention extends beyond the academy in collaboration with larger communities and diverse publics.

Our work is consonant with UTK's outreach mission as a land-grant university and its Carnegie Foundation classification as a Community Engagement institution.