But Seriously Folks: The Limitations of the Strict Constructionist Interpretation of Social Problems

Best, Joel

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“…Recently, the journal Qualitative Sociology Review devoted an entire issue to the continuing relevance of the perspective and new frontiers that social constructionists are exploring. Social constructionists such as Best (2003Best ( , 2012Best ( , 2015, Ibarra and Kitsuse (2003), and Holstein and Miller (2003), to name just a few, have contributed significantly to the ongoing conceptual evolution of the perspective. For the purposes of this paper, however, the refinements proposed by sociologist Donileen Loseke are particularly pivotal.…”

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‘It takes two to tango’: HIV non-disclosure and the neutralization of victimhood*

Speakman

2018

International Review of Victimology

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There is a rich and fulsome literature on victims and the processes by which certain groups or individuals come to be constructed as victims. Less attention has been paid to the rhetorical moves employed as counter strategies by groups who seek to challenge victim status and the use of the 'victim' label for particular groups. Using the debates around the criminalization of HIV nondisclosure as a case study, the aim of this paper is to contribute towards a better understanding of efforts to deny or neutralize victimhood. The paper identifies several strategies utilized by individuals and groups, the object of which is to raise questions about the appropriateness of a criminal response to HIV non-disclosure by constructing those who have had intimate encounters with HIV non-disclosers as equally responsible for their circumstances rather than as victims of non-disclosers.

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‘It takes two to tango’: HIV non-disclosure and the neutralization of victimhood*

Speakman

2018

International Review of Victimology

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“…The variant of social constructionism Spector is most inspired by is ‘contextual constructionism.’ Drawing from Spector and Kitsuse (1973), Spector refers to claims-making as ‘activities of groups making assertions of grievances and claims to organizations, agencies, and institutions about some putative conditions.’ A number of debates emerged during the 1980s and 1990s that Spector, in my view correctly, largely sidesteps (see Best, 2003; Ibarra and Kitsuse, 2003; Woolgar and Pawluch, 1985). In Chapter 4 he introduces ‘strict’ constructionism as a more ‘exacting’ variant of constructionism that ‘insist[s] that there is no such thing as an objective fact’ (p. 66).…”

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“…Spector isn’t directly critical of strict constructionism, but clearly favors the ‘contextual’ alternative, which permits ‘judgment about the legitimacy of a claim’ (p. 76). It is also clear that he is highly persuaded by the reasoning behind ‘contextual constructionism’ as offered by the influential constructionist scholar Joel Best, both through Best’s published writings (Best, 1995, 2003) as well as personal correspondence (p. 77).…”

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Bert Spector, Constructing Crisis: Leaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency

Adorjan

2020

International Sociology

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“…Para una revisión de la discusión sobre construcción de problemas sociales, verBest (2003);Frigerio (1997); Lorenc (2005); Márquez (2011);Schillagi (2012); Scheneider (1985);Spector y John (1973;;Thompson (2001).…”

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La reforma policial en Venezuela

Antillano

2016

Civitas

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Discutimos la naturaleza de la reforma policial, entendida aquí no como cualquier innovación al interior de la corporación policial sino como un determinado régimen de cambio (alta visibilidad en oposición a su anterior opacidad, protagonismo de actores ajenos a la policía frente a su tradicional corporativismo, transversalización de temas políticos en contraste con su “apoliticismo”, inserción en redes globalizadas que instigan los cambios) y un conjunto de mutaciones centradas en aspectos burocráticos y políticos. Describimos la experiencia de la reforma policial iniciada en Venezuela en 2006 y que, pese a las características singulares de su contexto, replica fielmente muchos de las dimensiones que se reiteran en distintos procesos y que sostienen las instancias globalizadas sobre las mudanzas de la policía. Finalmente, intentamos brevemente explicar cómo pudo darse este proceso de reforma en Venezuela y explorar las razones de su posible fracaso.

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But Seriously Folks: The Limitations of the Strict Constructionist Interpretation of Social Problems

Cited by 19 publications

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‘It takes two to tango’: HIV non-disclosure and the neutralization of victimhood*

‘It takes two to tango’: HIV non-disclosure and the neutralization of victimhood*

Bert Spector, Constructing Crisis: Leaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency

La reforma policial en Venezuela

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