Table of Contents:
  • Reconstructing social theories / Michael Burawoy
  • New social movements. Silence, death, and the invisible enemy : AIDS activism and social movement "newness" / Joshua Gamson
  • "Fight the power" : two groups mobilize for peace / Josepha Schiffman
  • Reorganizing the workplace. Dividing up the struggle : the consequences of "split" welfare work for union activism / Alice Burton
  • Managing without managers : crisis and resolution in a collective bakery / Ann Arnett Ferguson
  • New immigrants. A maid by any other name : the transformation of "dirty work" by Central American immigrants / Leslie Salzinger
  • "Unlikely heroes" : the evolution of female leadership in a Cambodian ethnic enclave / Shiori Ui
  • From classroom to community. Mr. Henry makes a deal : negotiated teaching in a junior high school / Leslie Hurst
  • Coming together : an interactive model of schooling / Nadine Gartrell
  • Researching the researchers. The politics of prevention : ethnographers combat AIDS among drug users / Kathryn J. Fox
  • Convincing sociologists : values and interests in the sociology of knowledge / Charles Kurzman
  • - Conclusion: The extended case method / Michael Burawoy
  • - Appendix: Teaching participant observation / Michael Burawoy.