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Denzin, N. (2014). Reading the challenges of a global community and the sociological imagination. Qualitative Inquiry, 20, 1122–1127. doi:10.1177/1077800414542934

Abstract: Short, student-accessible piece (6 pages) in Qualitative Inquiry written by an eminent scholar. Helps students contextualize the theory of the sociological imagination in relation to other prominent theories in international settings of sociological research.

Denzin contextualizes Mill’s work within prevailing theories and models of Sociology canon and new qualitative research being conducted in the United States and abroad. He aims to help students understand the place of Sociological Imagination as in a larger theoretical conversation within the theories and perspectives of the discipline.