Handbook of Constructionist Research

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-59385-305-1
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 832 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1559 g

Constructionism has become one of the most popular research approaches in the social sciences. But until now, little attention has been given to the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of the constructionist stance, and the remarkable diversity within the field. This cutting-edge handbook brings together a dazzling array of scholars to review the foundations of constructionist research, how it is put into practice in multiple disciplines, and where it may be headed in the future. The volume critically examines the analytic frameworks, strategies of inquiry, and methodological choices that together form the mosaic of contemporary constructionism, making it an authoritative reference for anyone interested in conducting research in a constructionist vein.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holstein, James A

Gubrium, Jaber F

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Constructionist Mosaic, Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein

I. Foundations and Historical Context

2. The Philosophical Foundations of Constructionist Research, Darin Weinberg

3. Historical Development and Defining Issues of Constructionist Inquiry, Joel Best

II. Constructionism across the Disciplines

4. Constructionism in Anthropology, James D. Faubion and George E. Marcus

5. Social Constructionist Perspectives in Communication Research, Elissa Foster and Arthur P. Bochner

6. Educational Constructionisms, Stanton Wortham and Kara Jackson

7. Social Constructionism in Management and Organization Studies, Dalvir Samra-Fredericks

8. Critical Constructionism in Nursing Research, Joanna Latimer

9. Social Construction and Psychological Inquiry, Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen

10. Social Constructions in the Study of Public Policy, Anne L. Schneider and Helen Ingram

11. Social Constructionism in Science and Technology Studies, Sal Restivo and Jennifer Croissant

12. Constructionism in Sociology, Scott R. Harris

III. The Scope of Constructionist Inquiry

13. Foucauldian Constructionism, Leslie Miller

14. Discursive Constructionism, Jonathan Potter and Alexa Hepburn

15. Narrative Constructionist Inquiry, Andrew C. Sparkes and Brett Smith

16. Interactional Constructionism, Amir Marvasti

17. Claimsmaking, Culture, and the Media in the Social Construction Process, Kathleen S. Lowney

18. Strict and Contextual Constructionism in the Sociology of Deviance and Social Problems, Peter R. Ibarra

IV. Strategies and Techniques

19. Constructionist Impulses in Ethnographic Fieldwork, James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium

20. Constructionism and the Grounded Theory Method, Kathy Charmaz

21. Constructionism and Discourse Analysis, Pirjo Nikander

22. A Social Constructionist Framing of the Research Interview, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg

23. Autoethnography as Constructionist Project, Laura L. Ellingson and Carolyn Ellis

24. Documents, Texts, and Archives in Constructionist Research, Annulla Linders

V. The Social Construction of What?

25. The Constructed Body, Bryan S. Turner

26. The Social Construction of Emotion, Donileen R. Loseke and Margarethe Kusenbach

27. Constructing Gender: The Dancer and the Dance, Judith Lorber

28. The Construction of Sex and Sexualities, Sara L. Crawley and K. L. Broad

29. The Diverse Construction of Race and Ethnicity, Mitch Berbrier

30. Constructions of Medical Knowledge, Paul Atkinson and Maggie Gregory

31. Constructing Therapy and Its Outcomes, Gale Miller and Tom Strong

32. Constructionist Themes in the Historiography of the Nation, Bo Stråth

VI. Continuing Challenges

33. The Reality of Social Constructions, Stephen Pfohl

34. Can Constructionism Be Critical?, Dian Marie Hosking

35. Feminism and Constructionism, Barbara L. Marshall

36. Institutional Ethnography and Constructionism, Liza McCoy

37. Ethnomethodology as a Provocation to Constructionism, Michael Lynch

38. Saving Social Construction: Contributions from Cultural Studies, Joseph Schneider

39. Writing Culture, Holism, and the Partialities of Ethnographic Inquiry, Vered Amit

40. Constructionist Research and Globalization, Pertti Alasuutari

Über Autor(innen)

James A. Holstein (PhD, University of Michigan) is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. His research and publications have addressed social problems, deviance and social control, family, and the self--all approached from an ethnomethodologically informed, constructionist perspective.

Jaber F. Gubrium (PhD, Wayne State University) is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has had a long-standing program of research on the social organization of care in human services institutions and pioneered in the reconceptualization of qualitative methods and the development of narrative analysis. Dr. Gubrium has published widely on aging, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

As collaborators for 20 years, Drs. Holstein and Gubrium have developed a distinctive constructionist approach to everyday life in a variety of coauthored and coedited projects.