Social problems : constructionist readings /: constructionist readings. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Donileen R. Loseke, Joel Best.
• Other Names: Loseke, Donileen R, 1947-; Best, Joel
• Contents: Part I. Examining social problems. The changing meanings of spanking / Phillip W. Davis -- Bullying as a social problem in Great Britain / Frank Furedi -- The problem with the earthquake problem / Robert A. Stallings -- Reality television constructs crime / Gray Cavender -- Part II. Claims-makers and audiences. Audiences evaluate statistics / Joel Best -- Promoters of hate crime legislation / Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad -- Psychiatrists construct homosexuality / Stuart A. Kirk and Herb Kutchins -- Television talk shows construct morality / Kathleen S. Lowney -- Part III. Smoking problems in Japan / Jun Ayukawa -- Crime frames and their sponsors / Theodore Sasson -- Framing in the fathers' rights movement / Gwyneth I. Williams and Rhys H. Williams -- Factory farming as a social problem / Karl R. Kunkel -- Part IV. Constructing people. The rhetorical appeal of random violence / Joel Best -- Prostitutes respond to AIDS / Valerie Jenness -- Science constructs PMS / Anne E. Figert -- Multicultural education as moral drama / Shan Nelson-Rowe -- Part V. Constructing solutions. The homeless mentally ill and involuntary hospitalization / Donileen R. Loseke -- Constructing a war on drugs / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine -- Urine testing and social control / William J. Staudenmeier -- The size acceptance movement / Jeffery Sobal -- Part VI. Social problems and everyday life. Constructing the need for "low fat" food / S. Bryn Austin -- Pregnant women as a social problem / Carol Brooks-Gardner -- Constructing sexually marginalized catholics / Donileen R. Loseke and James C. Cavendish -- The beliefs of recovery religion / Kathleen S. Lowney -- Part VII. Social problems and troubled people. Medicalization childhood / Dorothy Pawluch -- Teaching gifted children / Leslie Marolin -- Constructing insanity in involuntary commitment hearings / James A. Holstein -- Formula stories and support groups for battered women / Donileen R. Loseke -- Part VIII. Evaluating constructionist perspectives on social problems. "Crack babies" and the politics of mothering / Jacqueline Litt and Maureen McNeil -- The symbolic meaning of "pedophile priests" / Philip Jenkins -- Horror stories and the construction of child abuse / John M. Johnson -- Constructing the "Jewish problem" in Nazi Germany / Ronald J. Berger.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Subjects: 361.1; Social problems; Social perception; Problèmes sociaux; Perception sociale; Social perception; Social problems; Individu en samenleving; Massamedia; Constructivisme
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351489782
• Related ISBNs: 135148978X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.