Updated with over 60 new examples and case studies, Social Problems shows how activists, experts, and their opponents frame social problems through the logic that they use; the rhetoric of claims-making; and the ways that access to resources determines who gets their claims heard. Drawing on social constructionist theory, the idea that our experience of reality is created through the interaction and participation of individuals and groups, Joel Best helps readers understand the complex competitive process through which problems emerge.
In order to help students connect theory to everyday life, Joel Best fills the book with colorful examples and case studies from the real world.
| ISBN: | 9780393918632 |
| Publication date: | 11th September 2012 |
| Author: | Joel Best |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and ethical issues Social welfare and social services |
Updated with over 60 new examples and case studies, Social Problems shows how activists, experts, and their opponents frame social problems through the logic that they use; the rhetoric of claims-making; and the ways that access to resources determines who gets their claims heard. Drawing on social constructionist theory, the idea that our experience of reality is created through the interaction and participation of individuals and groups, Joel Best helps readers understand the complex competitive process through which problems emerge.
Social Problems features in the following genres: Social and ethical issues, Social welfare and social services
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Social Problems was written by Joel Best and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Social Problems has 300 pages