Researching the Powerful : Public Sociology in Action (Hardcover)

Foreword  Michael Burawoy  1. Public Sociology in the UK and the World: A View from Glasgow  Lucy Brown, William Dinan, David Miller and Ludek Stavinoha  Section 1: Public Policy and Corporate Power in Neoliberal Times  2. The Neoliberal Nation-State and the "Interests of Capital"  Neil Davidson  3. Why is Alcohol Policy So Ineffective?  Claire Harkins  4. The Political Economy of Water: The Struggle Over Water in Scotland  Tommy Kane and Kyle Mitchell  5. Power Renewed: Neoliberal Energy Governance and Renewables Policy  Lucy Brown  6. Lobbying: Corporate Agency Versus Civil Society Activism  William Dinan  Section 2: Security, Propaganda and the State  7. The Neoconservative International: Political Warfare and the War on Terror  Tom Griffin  8. Policy Exchange, the Conservative Movement and the Neoconservative "Thought Collective"  Tom Mills  9. Obeying Orders: Conor Cruise O’Brien, Authoritarian Ambiguity and Broadcasting Censorship in Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE)  Niall Meehan  10. Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Terror at Home: The Case of the RICU  Rizwaan Sabir and David Miller  Section 3: Communication, Knowledge and Power  11. Public Sociology as an Alternative Fourth Estate: The Case of the Democracy Institute  Steven Harkins  12. Theorizing Communicative Power: Considering the Propaganda Model  Jeffrey Klaehn  13. Elite Communication and the Spectre of the Public: TRIPS and Access to AIDS Medicines  Ludek Stavinoha  14. How to Compromise Without Being Compromised  Roy Revie  15. Coda: Public Sociology and the Struggle for Alternative Globalizations  Leslie Sklair