A. Javier Treviño - Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems

A provocative, critical analysis of sociologys original purpose; that of solving social problems, not just analyzing them. Thoughtful, theoretically rigorous and passionate the book presents a compelling case for returning to that mission, even within the dissonant demands of sociology in the academy. This work offers both sociology and social work a philosophical examination of the importance of our mutual responsibility as members of the human community.

Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, USA

I have been searching for this book for years. Trevio and McCormack, along with their contributors, elucidate the activities of service sociology in order to respond to serious questions about its effectiveness to ameliorate social ills and inspire students to become change agents. Service Sociology is essential for anyone interested in the history of service and participatory engagement in sociology.

Airn Denise Martnez, Arizona State University, USA

Series Editor:
Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research Group, USA

Solving Social Problems provides a forum for the description and measurement of social problems, with a keen focus on the concrete remedies proposed for their solution. The series takes an international perspective, exploring social problems in various parts of the world, with the central concern being always their possible remedy. As such, work is welcomed on subjects as diverse as environmental damage, terrorism, economic disparities and economic devastation, poverty, inequalities, domestic assaults and sexual abuse, health care, natural disasters, labour inequality, animal abuse, crime, and mental illness and its treatment. In addition to recommending solutions to social problems, the books in this series are theoretically sophisticated, exploring previous discussions of the issues in question, examining other attempts to resolve them, and adopting and discussing methodologies that are commonly used to measure social problems. Proposed solutions may be framed as changes in policy, practice, or more broadly, social change and social movement. Solutions may be reflective of ideology, but are always pragmatic and detailed, explaining the means by which the suggested solutions might be achieved.

Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations
Feminist Criminology and Corrections
Alana Van Gundy and Amy Baumann-Grau

Regulating Alcohol around the World
Policy Cocktails
Tiffany Bergin

The Evidence Enigma
Correctional Boot Camps and Other Failures in Evidence-Based Policymaking
Tiffany Bergin

Street Practice
Changing the Lens on Poverty and Public Assistance
Lori McNeil

Edited by

A. JAVIER TREVIO
Wheaton College, USA

KAREN M. McCORMACK
Wheaton College, USA

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing

Published 2016 by Routledge

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Service sociology and academic engagement in social problems / [edited] by A. Javier Trevio and Karen M. McCormack.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4724-2195-1 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-3156-0845-7 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-3170-5697-3 (epub) 1. Social serviceUnited StatesHistory. 2. SociologyUnited StatesHistory. 3. Service learningUnited StatesHistory. 4. Social problemsUnited StatesHistory. I. Trevio, A. Javier, 1958 II. McCormack, Karen M.

HV91.S356 2014

361.973dc23

2013026728

ISBN 9781472421951 (hbk)
ISBN 9781315608457 (ebk-PDF)
ISBN 9781317056973 (ebk-ePUB)

Chris Baker works in rural community development. His recent publications look at labor organizing, poverty, immigration, and cultural preservation. He is Professor of Sociology at Walters State Community College in the east Tennessee valley.

Steven E. Barkan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maine and a Past President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. He is the author of an introductory sociology textbook, Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World and of several other textbooks, journal articles, and book chapters in the fields of sociology, social movements, and criminology.

Chris Dale is Professor of Sociology at New England College in New Hampshire, and has over 30 years of teaching experience. He is a long-time social activist and is dedicated to teaching students about the many facets of activism and providing opportunities for them to engage in activism at the local, national, and international levels. He has authored half a dozen articles on engaged, community-based teaching and learning. He is a Past President of the Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS).

Donald Edward Davis is the author of six books including the award winning Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians. He has published numerous articles in such journals as Environmental Ethics, The Ecologist, and the Utne Reader. He is presently a Fulbright Fellow and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Chestnut Foundation.

Corey Dolgon is Professor of Sociology and Director of Community Based Learning at Stonehill College. He is a Past President of the Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS) and currently chairs the