Embodying the Social

This book opens the series with a consideration of the social construction of social difference. Taking the body as the point of departure, it deals with the processes through which social problems and social inequalities are constructed. In particular, it examines the shifting ways in which our ideas about issues such as 'disability', 'race' and ethnicity, and sexuality influence the development of social policies.

Introduction John Clarke and Esther Saraga,The Open University 1. The Social Construction of Social Problems John Clarke and Allan Cochrane, The Open University 2. A Suitable Case for Treatment? Constructions of Disability Gordon Hughes, The Open University 3. Welfare and the Social Construction of 'Race' Gail Lewis,The Open University 4. Abnormal, Unnatural and Immoral? The Social Construction of Sexualities Esther Saraga, The Open University 5. Review Esther Saraga, The Open University