Reconsidering Social Constructionism Debates in Social Problems Theory

With the impact of social interactionist and ethnographic methodology twenty-five years ago, the research agenda in social problems began to shift its focus, giving rise to the social constructionism movement. The present volume and the related shorter text, Constructionist Controversies, reviews the substantial contributions made by social constructionist theorists over that period, as well as recent debates about the future of the perspective. These contributions redefine the purpose and central questions of social problems theory and articulate a research program for analyzing social problems as social constructions. A generation of theorists has been trained in the constructionist perspective and has extended it through numerous analyses of diverse aspects of contemporary social life.Miller, Gale is the author of 'Reconsidering Social Constructionism Debates in Social Problems Theory', published 2006 under ISBN 9780202308647 and ISBN 0202308642.