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University of Houston - FALL 2010 | ||
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 | Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems (Social Problems and Social Issues (Walter Paperback)) (2nd Edition) by Joel Best (Editor), Aldine Transaction Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-202-30539-2 / 0202305392 ISBN-13: 978-0-202-30539-4 / 9780202305394 Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. These claims inevitably typify the problem, characterizing it as a problem of a particular sort. In turn, such typifications shape the ways in which pol | |