Reflections on Public Sociology: Public Relations, Disciplinary Identity, and the Strong Program in Professional Sociology

Public Sociology: the Contemporary Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 119-148

  Boyns, David ^a   Fletcher, Jesse ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315127781-6     Document Type: Chapter

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