Social Constructionism

"I agree with the previous reviewer. Burr is not only readable but engaging. She is not afraid of stating her own position and describes all the different flavours of social constructionism from 'Foucauldian discourse analysis' to conversation analysis etc. In particular she distinguishes between what she calls macro constructionism which is represented for instance by Foucault's view of ideological discourses and their political implications and micro constructionism which looks at how realities are constructed at the individual level.

Burr also makes brave attempts, if in my view not wholly convincing, to tackle some major perceived gaps in social constructionist theory such as the argument that by seeing everything as socially created discourse it disqualifies its own legitimacy and the question of whether there is any such thing as a self, or any role for psychology.

It's all good fun."
~ Written on 2008-01-15

"If you are new to the subject of social constructionism and are looking for a book which provides a good introduction and helps the newcomer (or often new student) get to grips with the subject then this book "does exactly what it says on the tin".

It's a clear and understandable overview, who can ask for more?"
~ Written on 2005-09-11