Trajectories
Spring 2016
As part of this year’s “Can Comparative Historical Sociology Save the World?” discussion, in this current issue of Trajectories, scholars whose own work has used comparative historical methods to address policy-relevant concerns give advice on how to do this kind of research.
Essays:
Elisabeth Pearson: Four ways to turn good sociology into policy-relevant sociology
Peter Evans: Strategies for saving the world
Vivek Chibber: How comparative historical sociology can change the world (for the better)
Frederick Wherry: Sent for: how to engage public policy
Elisabeth Clemens: Strategy or serendipity?
Isaac Martin: The comparative historical sociology of W. E. B. DuBois
Lane Kenworthy: How to do policy-oriented social science
