Ammattilaisten antamissa selityksissä lapsen vammasta tulee hallitseva piirre ja esimerkiksi
lapselle annettuun diagnoosiin latautuu helposti voimakkaita odotuksia. Diagnoosia …

Decentralization in Environmental Governance is a critical reflection on the dangers and
risks of governance renewal; warning against one-sided criticism on traditional command …

The present paper takes an interactional approach to the problem of communicating pain.
We ask how a shared understanding of this subjective and internal experience is …

This article aims to review the main criticisms of social construction (SC) after its
formalization as a “movement” in the social sciences. The critiques are organized into six …

This book draws together two domains of psychological theory, Vygotsky's cultural-historical
theory of cognition and narrative theories of identity, to offer a way of rethinking the human …

Understanding the philosophical underpinnings of discourse analysis (DA) is important (see
White 2004). It is vital also to explore the different approaches within the 'broad church'of DA …

The efficacy of the community response to flood hazards is closely intertwined with its social
capital. Communities with high social capital (robust social networks and cohesive …

Corruption has been a persistent feature of human history for thousands of years (Lo 1993:
1). This is why Bardhan (1997: 1320) calls it “an ancient problem.” From the Alps to the …

Abstract The “Power Threat Meaning Framework” attempts to provide a coherent basis for
conceptualizing clinical distress, troubled and troubling behavior in ways that avoid …

In the framework of a constructionist approach, a life-course point of view, and traditional
concepts borrowed from identity theory, the authors report on a study of fifty-six San …