{"product_id":"mental-health-gun-control-and-shing-ling-s-chen-9781806866540","title":"Mental Health, Gun Control and the Homeless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis volume contains an Open Access chapter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edited collection showcases the usefulness of symbolic interactionism in examining concurrent social issues which demand researchers' attention - symbolic interactionists demonstrate their roots in pragmatism by examining contemporary social issues, mental health, gun control and the homeless. Although these issues have been around for quite some time, recent changes in social, political, and economic landscapes have escalated the significance of these issues in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile these issues have traditionally been examined using a quantitatively \"big data\" approach, authors here illustrate the usefulness of utilizing the symbolic interactionist methodology, an empirical endeavor that keys on micro interactional developments, in providing understandings of these social issues. Theoretically, chapters showcase the utility of symbolic interactionism, a perspective for investigating the meanings of objects, social relationships, and how objects become linked to social structures, in providing significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge of these social issues. Stressing the importance of examining mental health, gun control and the homeless as social constructs that involve social relationships and communication processes of actors in various structures, the authors utilize theoretical concepts such as reflexivity, interaction, and willfulness as pivot points in analyzing these social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalling for researchers' attention to study urgent social issues by demonstrating the effectiveness of symbolic interactionism as a research tool both theoretically and methodologically, this is appealing reading for both emerging and established interactionist scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shing-Ling S. Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1806866544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781806866540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Shing-Ling S. Chen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114157945087,"sku":"9781806866540","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9e93eae-fd27-4ecd-b680-0c26cafe521f.jpg?v=1769619462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mental-health-gun-control-and-shing-ling-s-chen-9781806866540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}