The Social Construction of What?

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is

Individuals, international organizations and states are calling for the world to confront climate change. Efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol have produced intra

A critical and empirical study that explores the constitution of managerial identities in the age of mass education in management and challenges the way we thin

This book offers new ways of thinking about corruption by examining the two distinct ways in which policy approaches and discourse on corruption developed in th

The intent behind this book is to provide grist for the mill for research students and other interested readers. Chapter one, by author Allan Savage, presents a

A historical exploration of scientific disputes on the causation of so-called ‘prion diseases’, this fascinating book covers diseases including Scrapie, Cre

In light of the recent declassification of state papers from Western, Soviet, and Chinese archives, this intriguing book presents a re-examination of the Korean

This book situates the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and explores how these construction

Examines how schools function as agents and transmitters of moral life in communities.

Combining detailed analysis with a close reading of historical narratives, documentary evidence and first-hand interviews, this is the first book on conflict to