Social Problems and the Contextual Compromise: Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Knowledge in Everyday Life

This article builds on recent sociological debates about the explanatory importance of claims-making contexts and the continuing challenges associated with subjectivism and objectivism in social problems research. The sociology of knowledge is used to illustrate how the contextual compromise that ha...

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Published in:Qualitative sociology review : QSR 2019-07, Vol.15 (3), p.26-41
Main Author: Hier, Sean P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Claims-Making
Compromises
Constructionism
Contextual Constructionism
Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Everyday life
Knowledge
Methodological problems
Misrepresentation
Objectivity
Phenomenology
Social Problems
Social Theory
Sociology
Sociology of Knowledge
Subjectivity
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Summary:This article builds on recent sociological debates about the explanatory importance of claims-making contexts and the continuing challenges associated with subjectivism and objectivism in social problems research. The sociology of knowledge is used to illustrate how the contextual compromise that has sustained social problems theory and method for at least two decades is based on a number of erroneous assumptions about subjectivity and objectivity in the tradition of phenomenological analysis. To strengthen recent discussions about the contextual dimensions of claims-making activities and framing techniques, the article critically assesses the curious neglect and continuing misrepresentation of the sociology of knowledge in constructionist analyses of social problems.
ISSN:1733-8077
1733-8077
DOI:10.18778/1733-8077.15.3.02