Interrogating the Social: A Critical Sociology for the 21st Century

1. An Invitation to Critical Sociology; Fuyuki Kurasawa.- 2. Interaction, Indifference, Injustice: Elements of a Normative Theory of Urban Solidarity; Mervyn Horgan.- 3. Towards a Sociological Account of Political Agon: (Re)considering the Social Dimensions of Agonal Democracy; Philip Alexander Steiner.- 4.The Business Cycle and Capitalist Social Regulation: The Origins of Economic Government; Matthew F. Hayes.- 5. Civil Society Reconfigured: Manag(erializ)ing AIDS in Uganda; Marcia Oliver and Stephen Tasson.- 6. A Critical Sociology of International Expertise: The Case of International Democracy Assistance; Michael Christensen.- 7.The Fun and Games of Creative Citizenship: Urban Cultural Policy and Participatory Public Art; Saara Liinamaa.- 8. Body Worlds and the Social Life of the Plastinated Body: Considerations on the Biotechnology of Plastination; Elisabeth Rondinelli.- 9. Faith in Progress: Evolutionism and the New Atheism; Stephen LeDrew.