Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Soler Gallart, Marta

Titel

Achieving Social Impact : Sociology in the Public Sphere [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2017

Ort / Verlag

Cham : Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Chapter 1. CREA and our path towards socially relevant social sciences -- Chapter 2. Dialogic relations and interactions as an alternative to power -- Chapter 3. The dialogic self: preventive socialization -- Chapter 4. Successful Actions: democratic sociology for democratic societies.
• This book presents the findings of research projects conducted by CREA (Community of Researchers on Excellence for all), a research community based in Barcelona, showing how social transformation combines scientific excellence with the political and social impact of the research. Analyzing the impact of pursuing social sciences research by providing examples of achievements and opportunities despite barriers and obstacles encountered along the way, it is of interest for a broad spectrum of scholars from the field of social sciences – particularly public sociology – as well as from other sciences such as biology and neuroscience.