{"product_id":"images-of-issues-joel-best-9781138525726","title":"Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems","description":"Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. By typifying a problem and characterizing it as a particular sort, claimsmakers can shape policymaking and public response to the problem. Th is new edition of Images of Issues addresses claimsmaking in the 1990s, featuring such issues as fathers' rights, stalking, sexual abuse by the clergy, hate crimes, multicultural education, factory farming, and concluding with an expanded discussion of the theoretical debate over constructionism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138525723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138525726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Joel Best","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46617872400639,"sku":"9781138525726","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0fb87b0-a582-40c3-a585-5e1069be2770.jpg?v=1740068563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/images-of-issues-joel-best-9781138525726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}