Constructing Social Problems

Malcolm Spector, John I. Kitsuse

ISBN 10: 0202303373 / ISBN 13: 9780202303376

Published by Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 1987

About this Item

The book is in good condition, with some minor wear on the cover, including small creases and scuffs. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean and unmarked. There is no dust jacket, as is typical for mass-market paperbacks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Social Problems
• Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0202303373
• ISBN 13: 9780202303376
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

In Constructing Social Problems, the authors propose that social problems be conceived as the claimsmaking activities of individuals or groups regarding social conditions they consider unjust, immoral, or harmful and that should be addressed. This perspective, as the authors have formulated it, conceives of social problems as a process of interaction that produces social problems as social facts in society. The authors further propose that this process and the social facts it produces are the data to be researched for the sociology of social problems. This volume will be of interest to those concerned with the discipline of sociology, especially its current theoretical development and growth.

About the Author

Malcolm Spector was professor of sociology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.