Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue

<P>The motivation for <I>Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom is Something We Do Together</I> is based on two observations: first sociology as a field is populated with scholars on the left and second (few but still) classical liberals and libertarian scholars are found in neighboring social science fields such as economics political science and political philosophy. Can scholarship benefit if sociology and classical liberal ideas are in dialogue? To answer the question the book gathers sociologists criminologists demographers and political scientists that care about classical liberal ideas or are willing to engage their sociological thinking with classical liberal ideas. Not all authors would identify themselves as classical liberals. These contributors discuss sociological topics through the lens of classical liberalism asking how issues such as class gender or race relations can be viewed with a different perspective. Chapters also delve into the intersection of sociology and classical liberalism exploring where viewpoints conflict and where they align.</P>