Sociology for the 21st Century — Quiz

According to Burawoy's 2005 framework, which type of sociology addresses extra-academic audiences with reflexive knowledge?

Which of the following best describes the sociological argument about organized climate denial in the United States?

What does the Schelling segregation model illustrate in the context of computational sociology?

Which of the following is identified in the module as a key limit of computational sociology?

What is the central claim of Zuboff's concept of 'surveillance capitalism'?

According to the module, what does Klinenberg's *Heat Wave* demonstrate about climate vulnerability?

Which of the following best characterizes the module's account of the 'just transition' debate?

What does the module identify as the primary reason the 'paradigm wars' between quantitative and qualitative sociology have largely subsided?

Explain what the module means by the 'defense of social explanation' and why it is described as a methodological rather than a territorial claim.

Using examples from the module, explain how comparative-historical sociology provides 'counterfactual imagination' for contemporary policy debates.

What is the reflexive challenge that AI and large language models pose for sociology as a research discipline, according to the module?

Drawing on at least three of the five 'persistent contributions' identified in the final module page, and using specific examples from at least two other modules covered in this topic, make the case that sociology's analytical toolkit is distinctively suited to at least one of the following challenges: climate change, rising inequality, or democratic erosion. Your essay should also address at least one of the three common challenges to sociology's authority raised in the module and explain how the discipline responds to it.