Social problems
By: Joel Best
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780393918632
Subjects: Social problems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What do we mean by social problems?; title: Claims; title: Activists as claimsmakers; title: Experts as claimsmakers; title: Media and claims; title: Public reactions; title: Policymaking; title: Social problems work; title: Policy outcomes; title: Claims across space and time; title: The uses of the constructionist stance.