The first edition of this work argued for the ethical turn in Derrida's work and showed how deconstruction has persuasive ethical consequences that were vital to our thinking through questions of policies and democracy. This second edition includes three new appendices that deep…
Most conceptions of human rights rely on metaphysical or theological assumptions that construe them as possible only as something imposed from outside existing communities. Most people, in other words, presume that human rights come from nature, God, or the United Nations. This …
by Parker, Ian
fromInquiries in social construction
Offers a broad-ranging perspective of the contemporary debates surrounding social constructionist perspectives in psychology. The contributors map connections between theory, method, and politics in social research in the context of social constructionist and discursive debates.
In a series of tightly argued essays, Turner traces out implications that discarding the notion of shared frameworks has for relativism, social constructivism, normativity and a number of other concepts.
In a series of tightly argued essays, Turner traces out implications that discarding the notion of shared frameworks has for relativism, social constructivism, normativity and a number of other concepts.
"It used to be thought that when we talked about organizations and of organizational behavior, there was something already there of a definite character to be talked about. David Campbell, however, takes a quite different social constructionist stance in this book towards organi…
Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Particularly troublesome in this area is the status of the natural sciences, where there is conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness, and in…
Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people s…
Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Europe with a focus on urban/spatial planning. Gender mainstreaming was first legislated for in the European Union with th…
by Judd, Donald
fromRoutledge studies in critical realism
