Social problems : constructionist readings / editors, Donileen R. Loseke, Joel Best
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| Subjects: | Social problems Social perception |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c2003 |
| Series: | Social problems and social issues |
| LC Classification: | H, HN |
| Table of Contents: | Preface I. Examining Social Problems 1. The Changing Meanings of Spanking / Phillip W. Davis 6 2. Bullying as a Social Problem in Great Britain / Frank Furedi 13 3. The Problem with the Earthquake Problem / Robert A. Stallings 21 4. Reality Television Constructs Crime / Gray Cavender 29 II. Claims-Makers and Audiences 5. Audiences Evaluate Statistics / Joel Best 43 6. Promoters of Hate Crime Legislation / Valerie Jenness, Kendal Broad 51 7. Psychiatrists Construct Homosexuality / Stuart A. Kirk, Herb Kutchins 59 8. Television Talk Shows Construct Morality / Kathleen S. Lowney 66 III. Constructing Conditions 9. Smoking Problems in Japan / Jun Ayukawa 81 10. Crime Frames and their Sponsors / Theodore Sasson 88 11. Framing in the Fathers' Rights Movement / Gwyneth I. Williams, Rhys H. Williams 93 12. Factory Farming as a Social Problem / Karl R. Kunkel 101 IV. Constructing People 13. The Rhetorical Appeal of Random Violence / Joel Best 113 14. Prostitutes Respond to AIDS / Valerie Jenness 120 15. Science Constructs PMS / Anne E. Figert 127 16. Multicultural Education as Moral Drama / Shan Nelson-Rowe 135 V. Constructing Solutions 17. The Homeless Mentally Ill and Involuntary Hospitalization / Donileen R. Loseke 146 18. Constructing a War on Drugs / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 154 19. Urine Testing and Social Control / William J. Staudenmeier 162 20. The Size Acceptance Movement / Jeffery Sobal 169 VI. Social Problems and Everyday Life 21. Constructing the Need for "Low Fat" Food / S. Bryn Austin 180 22. Pregnant Women as a Social Problem / Carol Brooks-Gardner 188 23. Constructing Sexually Marginalized Catholics / Donileen R. Loseke, James C. Cavendish 196 24. The Beliefs of Recovery Religion / Kathleen S. Lowney 204 VII. Social Problems and Troubled People 25. Medicalizing Childhood / Dorothy Pawluch 219 26. Teaching Gifted Children / Leslie Margolin 226 27. Constructing Insanity in Involuntary Commitment Hearings / James A. Holstein 233 28. Formulas Stories and Support Groups for Battered Women / Donileen R. Loseke 241 VIII. Evaluating Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems 29. "Crack Babies" and the Politics of Mothering / Jacqueline Litt, Maureen McNeil 254 30. The Symbolic Meanings of "Pedophile Priests" / Philip Jenkins 261 31. Horror Stories and the Construction of Child Abuse / John M. Johnson 267 32. Constructing the "Jewish Problem" in Nazi Germany / Ronald J. Berger 272 |
| Additional Authors: | Loseke, Donileen R., 1947- Best, Joel |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2002015298 ISBN: 0202307034 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN: 0202307026 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 277 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 50643960 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0202307034 0202307026 |