Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015): Constructionist Futures: New Directions in Social Problems Theory

edited by Donileen R. Loseke and Joel Best

Published: 2015-04-30

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Articles

• Beyond Case Studies: Expanding the Constructionist Framework for Social Problems Research

  Joel Best

  18-33

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• Constructionism and the Textuality of Social Problems

  Jared Del Rosso, Jennifer Esala

  34-45

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• Towards a Theory of Interest Claims in Constructing Social Problems

  Patrick Archer

  46-60

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• Regulating Pornocomic Sales to Juveniles in Japan: Cycles and Path-Dependence of a Social Problem

  Manabu Akagawa

  62-73

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• Contextual Understanding in Constructionism: A Holistic, Dialogical Model

  Lawrence T. Nichols

  76-92

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• Bringing Historical Dimensions Into the Study of Social Problems: The Social Construction of Authority

  Frank Furedi

  94-108

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• Claims-Making and Human Rights in Domestic and International Spheres

  Jun Ayukawa

  110-121

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• Claims-Makers Versus Non-Issue-Makers: Media and the Social Construction of Motorcycle Ban Problems in China

  Jianhua Xu

  122-141

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• Online Claims-Making: The NRA and Gun Advocacy in Cyberspace

  R.J. Maratea

  144-159

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• Resinicization and Digital Citizenship in Hong Kong: Youth, Cyberspace, and Claims-Making

  Michael Adorjan, Ho Lun Yau

  160-178

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• Constructing Crime in a Database: Big Data and the Mangle of Social Problems Work

  Carrie B. Sanders, Tony Christensen, Crystal Weston

  180-195

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• Social Constructionism Turned Into Human Service Work

  Margaretha Järvinen, Gale Miller

  198-214

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• Social Workers and the Sociological Sense of Social Problems: Balancing Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Social Construction

  Maria Appel Nissen

  216-231

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• The Crisis Model: A Socially Useful Psychologism

  Katarina Jacobsson, Malin Åkerström

  232-245

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Other

• Introduction to Constructionist Futures: New Directions in Social Problems Theory

  Donileen R. Loseke

  6-14

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