Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761953777)

This book charts a clear and accessible path through some of the key debates in contemporary psychology. Drawing upon the wider critical and discursive turn in the human sciences, Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism explores comprehensively the many claims about what we can know of reality′ in social constructionist and discursive research in psychology.

Relativist versus realist tensions go to the heart of current theoretical and methodological issues, not only within psychology but across the social and human sciences. By mapping the connections between theory, method and politics in social research and placing these within the context of the broader social constructionist and discursive debates, the int

Author: Ian Patrick
ISBN-10: 0761953779
ISBN-13: 9780761953777
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 06/18/1998
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.06w x 0.73d