Constructing Social Problems

Download or read book Constructing Social Problems written by Malcolm Spector and published by New York : Aldine de Gruyter. This book was released on 1987-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Constructing Social Problems, the authors propose that social problems be conceived as the claimsmaking activities of individuals or groups regarding social conditions they consider unjust, immoral, or harmful and that should be addressed. This perspective, as the authors have formulated it, conceives of social problems as a process of interaction that produces social problems as social facts in society. The authors further propose that this process and the social facts it produces are the data to be researched for the sociology of social problems. This volume will be of interest to those concerned with the discipline of sociology, especially its current theoretical development and growth.