Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue

Fabio Rojas is Virginia L. Roberts professor of sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.Charlotta Stern is CEO of Ratio and a professor of sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden.

• ContentsIntroduction: Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom Is Something We Do Together, by Fabio Rojas and Charlotta SternChapter 1. Does Economic Liberalism Reduce Poverty?, by John Iceland and Eric SilverChapter 2. Race, Freedom, and Social Change, by Fabio RojasChapter 3. The Predatory States of America, by Brandon Rudolph DavisChapter 4. Classical Liberal Feminism and Gendered Labor Markets, by Charlotta SternChapter 5. Toward a Classical Liberal Sociological Theory of Health Care, by Lauren HallChapter 6. Contending for Freedom: How Classical Liberal Social Science Informs Social Movement Studies, by Mikayla NovakChapter 7. Freedom in Economic Sociology, by Patrik AspersChapter 8. Classical Liberalism vs. Populism and Authoritarianism: The Struggle for Modern Democracy, by Jack A. GoldstoneChapter 9. The Problem on Campus Is How We Think, by Ilana RedstoneConclusion: Reflections and Trajectories, by Fabio Rojas and Charlotta SternAbout the Contributors

“Bridging the gap between classical liberal social thought and academic sociology is the central task of this important and unique book. The abiding question that informs various chapters is why the very vast majority of mainstream sociologists resist the arguments and perspectives of classical liberalism. As the editors confirm, embedded in the history of sociology are figures and ideas that are just waiting to be rediscovered. “Who now reads [Herbert Spencer]?” may have buried him in that history, but the contributors offer new ways to make sense of what is missing in contemporary sociology and what sociologists have to gain intellectually and professionally by engaging with classical liberalism.”