This book is about securitization as a theory, a policy, and a framework. 1 Since the
publication of Buzan, Wæver and de Wilde's Security: A New Framework for Analysis in …

Now in its third edition, this successful book introduces students to the area of social science
theory and research known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from …

Visual Research Methods is a guide for students, researchers and teachers in the social
sciences who wish to explore and actively use a visual dimension in their research. This …

This paper develops a case study approach that builds on the foundations of moderate
constructionism and abduction. We discuss the case study method and its role in industrial …

A new wave of treatments has emerged to target nervous system alterations and
maladaptive conceptualizations about pain for chronic low back pain. The acceptability of …

In critical realism, language is understood as constructing our social realities. However,
these constructions are theorized as being shaped by the possibilities and constraints …

The study of security is a hard case for theories of International Relations. In recent
academic scholarship,'constructivist thinking'of the subject has risen to the challenge; it has …

This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks
currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and …

Recent years have witnessed growing interest in a series of issues related to migration,
including identity formation and change, the role of social capital and social networks, ethnic …

Purpose–This paper aims to address challenges in strategic management and tries to find
ways to make a breakthrough. Strategic management theorists and practitioners need new …