Thinking about social problems: an introduction to constructionist perspectives
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TextPublication details: New York Aldine de Gruyter 2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 224pISBN: - 0-202-30684-4
- HN 17.5 .L67 2003
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Discusses the key themes of the social constructionist approach to social problems and how moralities are constructed. Looks at some of the results of claims-competitions. Concludes with a primer on challenges to the “contextual constructionist” analysis of social problems – from objectivists, postmodernists, and “strict constructionists.
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