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Reviews the contributions to social problems theory that have been made by social constructionist theorists. This title is suitable for students, and provides a formulation of several major issues of social constructionism by contributors who are well recognized within the field.
List of contents
Introduction; 1: Constructing Social Problems: Context and Legacy; 1: Contemporary Issues in Social Constructionism; 2: Vernacular Constituents of Moral Discourse: An Interactionist Proposal for the Study of Social Problems; 3: For a Cautious Naturalism; 4: The Reflectivity of Constructionism and the Construction of Reflexivity; 5: Do We Need a General Theory of Social Problems?; 6: But Seriously Folks: The Limitations of the Strict Constructionist Interpretation of Social Problems; 2: New Directions for Social Constructionism; 7: Social Constructionism and Social Problems Work; 8: Claims-Making from the Underside: Marginalization and Social Problems Analysis; 9: Social Constructionism in Critical Feminist Theory and Research; 10: Cultural Theory, Social Construction, and Social Problems; 11: Constructing Conditions, People, Morality, and Emotion: Expanding the Agenda of Constructionism
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Gale Miller, James A. Holstein
Summary
Reviews the contributions to social problems theory that have been made by social constructionist theorists. This title is suitable for students, and provides a formulation of several major issues of social constructionism by contributors who are well recognized within the field.
