Challenges and Choices: Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems

by James A. Holstein

The social constructionist perspective has revolutionized the way that social scientists investigate social problems. Constructing Social Problems (Spector and Kitsuse [1977] 2001) offered the guiding statement of the approach, which both transformed and revitalized the sociology of social problems, propelling it into a quarter century of exciting and innovative empirical research. John Kitsuse and Malcolm Spector challenged conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202306976
• ISBN13: 9780202306971
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"