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Encyclopedia references

Social construction. (2018) In Harris, J. & White, V. A dictionary of social work and social care. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Social constructionism. (2007). In O'Leary, Z. The social science jargon buster.  London: Sage  

Social constructionism (2014). In Scott, J. (Ed.), A dictionary of sociology. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Miller, G., & Nowacek, D. (2018). Social construction of reality. In The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology. Wiley.

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Selected books

Berger, P. L., & Luckmann, T. (1967). The social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. London: Penguin 

Burr, V. (2015). Social constructionism. New York, NY: Routledge.

Elder-Vass, D. (2012). The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. 

Gergen, K. J. (2023). An invitation to social construction (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Lock, A., & Strong, T. (2010). Social constructionism: Sources and stirrings in theory and practice. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 

Loseke, D. R. (2017). Thinking about social problems: An introduction to constructionist perspectives (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis.

McNamee, S., Gergen, M. M., Camargo-Borges, C., & Emerson, F. R. (2020). The Sage handbook of social constructionist practice. Sage. 

Parker, I. (1998). Social constructionism, discourse, and realism. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Weinberg, D. (2008). Social constructionism. (pp. 281-299). The new Blackwell companion to social theory. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. 

Weinberg, D. (2014). Contemporary social constructionism: Key themes. Philadelphia, PN: Temple University Press.

Witkin, S. L. (2011). Social construction and social work practice: Interpretations and innovations. New York, NY: Columbia University Press

 

 

 

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