Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0202305384 ISBN 13: 9780202305387

Casa editrice: Aldine De Gruyter, 1995

Riassunto

Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. These claims inevitably typify the problem, characterizing it as a problem of a particular sort. In turn, such typifications shape the ways in which policymakers and the public respond to the claims. Like the widely adopted first edition, this new edition of Images of Issues explores the nature of typification and its consequences.
The second edition is addressed to claimsmaking in the 1990s. It features ten all-new chapters on such current issues as fathers' rights, stalking, sexual abuse by the clergy, hate crimes, multicultural education, and factory farming. Most of the chapters that appeared in the first edition have been substantially revised and updated, including the afterword, which contains an expanded discussion of the theoretical debate over constructionism. The chapters are organized around important themes: the nature of claims; the roles of claimsmakers; connections among claimsmaking campaigns; and the impact of claims on social policy.

Su questo libro

Product Description

Book by None

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Aldine De Gruyter
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0202305384
• ISBN 13: 9780202305387
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 362
• Redattore: Best Joel