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The Politics of Constructionism

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This work presents a broadranging and critical overview of the many themes of social constructionism and its relevance to contemporary social and political issues. The work links the discourse of constructionism to the wider social and political world, and demonstrates that social science is enriched, not impoverished, by postmodernism. Leading contributors from across the social sciences explore questions and topics including: the theory and practice of scientific method; the development of social and political theory; the use of social science statistical methods; self-identity and the politics of collective identities; and technological advances in reproductive medicine.
Introduction - Irving Velody and Robin Williams PART ONE: FORMULATING CONSTRUCTIONISM Towards a Constructivist Genealogy of Social Constructivism - Michael Lynch Constructionist Dialogues and the Vicissitudes of the Politics - Kenneth Gergen On Being More Literal about Construction - Ian Hacking PART TWO: THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTIONISM What Does the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge Explain? - Paul A Roth The Reflexive Politics of Constructivism Revisited - Steve Fuller Unconstructive - Wil Coleman and Wes Sharrock The Limits of Social Constructionism - Stephen Turner PART THREE: APPLYING CONSTRUCTIONISM Relations, Communication and Power - Ian Burkitt Social Constructionism and the New Technologies of Reproduction - Erica Haimes and Robin Williams The Social Construction of Outliers - Sandy Lovie and Pat Lovie Procedure, Reflexivity and Social Constructionism - Philip Manning Social Constructionism as a Political Strategy - Tom Shakespeare PART FOUR: THE POLITICS OF CONSTRUCTIONISM Questions of Method - Mitchell Dean Social Constructionist Political Theory - Craig Mackenzie Constructionism, Authority and the Ethical Life - Thomas Osborne
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