Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1: Debating the Normative Dimensions of Professional Sociology -- 1 Returning to the Classics -- 2 Public Sociology, Professional Sociology, and Democracy -- PART 2: Critical Reflections on the Possibility of Public Sociology -- 3 L'Ouverture des bouches -- 4 Precarious Publics -- 5 Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Public Sociology -- PART 3: Blurring the Line between Policy and Public Sociology -- 6 Public Sociology and Research Ethics -- 7 Coral W. Topping, Pioneer Canadian Public Sociologist -- PART 4: Innovative Engagements in Public Scholarship -- 8 Social Media and e-Public Sociology -- 9 Public Ethnography as Public Engagement -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Contributors -- Index.