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Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy
$32.95
Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the history and science of sexuality.

When Battering Occurs: A Social Constructionist's Ideas and Practices [VHS]
$95.00
This interview discusses violence in relationships and what we as therapists can contribute to our clients in difficult and sometimes dangerous situations. Sue discusses some of her research, difficulties with labeling, political implications of labeling and the difficulties involved in the languaging of violence. Some client cases and the resources available for them are discussed as well as the difficulties that occur after a violent relationship ends. Sue works from the Collaborative Language model and talks about the ¡Ènot-knowing¡É stance. Susan B. Levin, Ph.D.., is the executive-director ofThe Houston-Galveston Institute in Houston, Texas, where she is also a faculty member. Her clinical and academic work reflect a post- modern, collaborative approach to research and therapy. She has presented and published on topics including qualitative research, the effects of war and danger, working with children and women who have been battered.

Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective (Environment and Society)
$45.95
This new edition of John Hannigan's well-known and respected text has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent conceptual and empirical advances in environmental sociology. The book offers a distinctive and even-handed treatment of environmental issues and debates, integrating European theoretical contributions such as risk society and ecological modernization with North American empirical insights and findings. Key updates include:
* an extended discussion of how classic sociological theory relates to contemporary environmental sociology
* a focus on cultural sociologies of the environment, notably discourse analysis and social framing
* expanded coverage of the environmental justice movement and grassroots mobilizations
* a review of the linkages between environmental sociology and the sociology of disasters
* a brand new case history chapter on the escalating global conflict over freshwater resources. Making a strong case for centrally incorporating power relations into a realist/constructionist model of environmental knowledge, politics and policy-making, this book includes a comparative analysis of the USA, Britain and Canada, and will prove a valuable student resource.

Challenges and Choices: Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems (Social Problems and Social Issues)
$26.95
Challenges and Choices highlights contemporary debates within the constructionist perspective. It distills the ongoing debates, offering compelling suggestions for how today¡Çs challenges might be met, and pointing directions for the future. This collection of classic and original essays critiques previous constructionist formulations, makes suggestions for advancing, expanding, and diversifying the constructionist agenda, and challenges the perspective to move in new directions. It signals concerns and choices that constructionists must confront if their voices will continue to be heard in the twenty-first century.