Thinking About Social Problems: An Introduction to Constructionist Perspectives
Author:   Donileen R. Loseke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Edition:   2nd ed.
ISBN:  

9780202306841


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   27 March 2003
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Format:   Paperback
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Thinking About Social Problems: An Introduction to Constructionist Perspectives


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Author:   Donileen R. Loseke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.323kg
ISBN:  

9780202306841


ISBN 10:   0202306844
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   27 March 2003
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Part I: Issues in Studying Social Problems 1 Examining Social Problems 2 Claims-Makers and Audience Part II: Constructing Packages of Claims 3 Constructing Conditions 4 Constructing People 5 Constructing Solution Part III: From Social Constructions to Social Actions 6 Social Problems and Everyday Life 7 Social Problems and Troubled People 8 Evaluating Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems

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Readers will find this book engagingly well written in a personal, unpretentious style, and well informed by the author's knowledge of the professional literature. </p> --Lawrence T. Nichols, <em>Contemporary Sociology</em></p>


<p> Readers will find this book engagingly well written in a personal, unpretentious style, and well informed by the author's knowledge of the professional literature. <p> --Lawrence T. Nichols, Contemporary Sociology


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Donileen R. Loseke, University of South Florida.

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