Michael Burawoy Books
Michael Burawoy is a sociologist known for his participant observation in industrial workplaces across four countries. He developed the "extended case method," enabling broad conclusions from ethnographic research, and co-authored "Global Ethnography" to study globalization from below. His work illuminates themes of postcolonialism, consent to capitalism, and the transition from socialism, often engaging with and reconstructing Marxist thought. More recently, he has turned his analytical lens to the university, advocating for public sociology and exploring how sociological knowledge is produced and disseminated.
A collection of essays that develop the extended case method by connecting the author's own experiences among workers of the world to the great transformations of the twentieth century - the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites, the reconstruction of US capitalism, and the African transition to post-colonialism in Zambia.
Symbolic Violence
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Michael Burawoy brings Pierre Bourdieu into an extended debate with Marxism by outlining the parallels and divergences between Bourdieu's thought and preeminent Marxist theorists including Gramsci, Fanon, Beauvoir, and Freire.
Global Ethnography
- 410 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Explores the mutual shaping of local struggles and global forces. This book shows how groups negotiate, circumvent, challenge, and even re-create the complex global web that entangles them. schovat popis
Public Sociology
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"Why sociology matters, how sociologists can help the people they study and how it can help us to deal with the crises of the 21st century"--