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The Politics of Constructionism

Edited by:

Irving Velody
Robin Williams - University of Durham, UK

Other Titles in:
Social Theory

June 1998 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This broad-ranging and clearly structured book critically overviews the many themes of social constructionism and its relevance to contemporary social and political issues. It brings together leading international contributors from across the social sciences, drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, cultural, gender and science studies.

Major questions and topics explored in its critique and application of constructionist ideas include the theory and practice of scientific method, the development of social and political policy, the use of social science statistical methods, self-identity and the politics of collective identities, and technological advances in reproductive medicine.

Irving Velody and Robin Williams

Introduction

PART ONE: FORMULATING CONSTRUCTIONISM

Michael Lynch

Towards a Constructivist Genealogy of Social Constructivism

Kenneth Gergen

Constructionist Dialogues and the Vicissitudes of the Politics

Ian Hacking

On Being More Literal about Construction

PART TWO: THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTIONISM

Paul A Roth

What Does the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge Explain?