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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, review 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.
The debates in this volume pose fundamental questions about the major assumptions of the perspective, the ways in which it is practiced, and the purposes of social problems theory. Their point of departure is Ibarra and Kitsuses essay, cutting new theoretical ground in calling for investigating vernacular resources, especially rhetorical forms, in the social problems process.
Contributors are forceful proponents both within and outside of the social constructionist community, who take a broad array of positions on the current state of social problems theory and on the rhetorical forms that need exploring. They also lay down the general lines for diverse and often competing programs for the future development of the constructionist agenda.
James A. Holstein is professor in and chair of the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University. He is the editor of Social Problems. He has published over three-dozen books on topics such as the family, metal health and illness, social problems, the self, and quantitative research methods.
Gale Miller is professor of sociology, Marquette University. His recent research focuses on social problems theory, and the social organization and use of language in everyday life, particularly in human service organizations. He has published 24 books and many scholarly articles.

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Reconsidering Social Constructionism First published 1993 by Transaction - photo 1
Reconsidering Social Constructionism
First published 1993 by Transaction Publishers
Published 2017 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 92-36344
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reconsidering social constructionism: debates in social problems theory / [edited by] James A. Holstein and Gale Miller.
p. cm.(Social problems and social issues)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-202-30456-6 (alk. paper)
1. Social problems. I. Holstein, James A. II. Miller, Gale. III. Series.
HN28.R43 1993
361.1dc20 92-36344
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-202-30864-7 (pbk)
Contents
Gale Miller and James A. Holstein
Peter R. Ibarra and John I. Kitsuse
Carol A. B. Warren
Jaber F. Gubrium
Joseph W. Schneider
Ronald J. Troyer
Joel Best
James A. Holstein and Gale Miller
Courtney L. Marlaire and Douglas W. Maynard
Melvin Pollner
David Bogen and Michael Lynch
James A. Holstein and Gale Miller
Gale Miller
Ben Agger
Avery F. Gordon
Dorothy E. Smith
Leslie J. Miller
Raymond J. Michalowski
Stephen Pfohl
Jackie Orr
Lawrence E. Hazelrigg
Richard Harvey Brown
Laurel Richardson
Gale Miller and James A. Holstein
Ben Agger
Department of Sociology
State University of New York
Buffalo
Joel Best
Department of Sociology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
David Bogen
Humanities and Social Science
Emerson College
Richard Harvey Brown
Department of Sociology
University of Maryland
Avery F. Gordon
Department of Sociology
University of California
Santa Barbara
Jaber F. Gubrium
Department of Sociology
University of Florida
Lawrence Hazelrigg
Department of Sociology
Florida State University
James A. Holstein
Department of Social and Cultural Sciences
Marquette University
Peter R. Ibarra
Sociology Board
University of California
Santa Cruz
John I. Kitsuse
Sociology Board
University of California
Santa Cruz
Michael Lynch
Department of Sociology
Boston University
Courtney L. Marlaire
Department of Social and Cultural Sciences
Marquette University
Douglas W. Maynard
Department of Sociology
Indiana University
Raymond J. Michalowski
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
Gale Miller
Department of Social and Cultural Sciences
Marquette University
Leslie J. Miller
Department of Sociology
University of Calgary
Jackie Orr
Department of Sociology
University of California
Berkeley
Stephen Pfohl
Department of Sociology
Boston College
Melvin Pollner
Department of Sociology
University of California
Los Angeles
Laurel Richardson
Department of Sociology
Ohio State University
Joseph W. Schneider
Department of Sociology
Drake University
Dorothy E. Smith
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ronald J. Troyer
Department of Sociology
Drake University
Carol A. B. Warren
Department of Sociology
University of Kansas
This volume reconsiders the directions that the social constructionist perspective has taken in social problems theory and research. The approach has been both provocative and controversial since its introduction by John Kitsuse and Malcolm Spector during the 1970s. This volume reexamines constructionist theorizing and considers alternative possibilities for its future. The centerpiece of the book is a paper by John Kitsuse and Peter Ibarra which sets a new tone and agenda for constructionist studies. The paper is a point of departure for further developments and debates in social problems theory.
This is a unique group of essays. The authors of this collectionand its companion volume Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory (Aldine de Gruyter 1993) represent a diversity of perspectives, but they share an interest in what the constructionist perspective on social problems has to offer. While the essays present a wide range of opinions, each offers a healthy dose of constructive criticism. Consequently, the debates may raise more questions than they resolve. But we hope the commentaries, criticism, and controversies that appear in this book will continue to animate discussions of social problems theory.
The volume is organized around recent debates in social problems. engages controversies that emanate from outside the constructionist perspective. These discussions are organized as Critical Challenges, Poststructural Challenges, and Representational Challenges.
Throughout the volume, our intent is to articulate alternative points of view on the constructionist project, using the arising tensions as opportunities for theoretical clarification and growth. Some of the perspectives represented here are not generally associated with the constructionist program. We hope that by bringing disparate approaches to bear on a common theme we might provoke new ways of looking at, and doing, the sociology of social problems.
John Kitsuse has been at the forefront of the sociology of deviance and social problems since he arrived at Northwestern University in 1958. There, and later at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Kitsuse pursued a consistently radical program of constructionist studies that has transformed American sociology While his work has clear affinities for what has come to be known as labeling theory,; Kitsuses analysis has been distinguished by its uncompromising constitutive emphasis. His early collaborations with Aaron Cicourel and, later, with Malcolm Spector, represent foundational pieces in the constructionist program that challenged the dominant sociological paradigms of the midtwentieth century Generations of sociologists are indebted to his clear and forceful articulations of the approach.
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