Social Constructionism: Social Problemsas Claims-making (part 2)
In the second part of the social constructionism overview we explore new directions that social constructionists are pursuing. We begin by considering the importance of cyberspace for claims-making, noting the central role that new communication technologies can have for ‘disenfranchised’ claims-makers from the Global South. Here we highlight claims-making in regions of the world that lack full participatory democracy, asking how social constructionism may advance empirically and theoretically through the development of a global circumference. We conclude by discussing an alternative, more quotidian conception of the realms within which social problems-related expression can be pursued.