Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction
by Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler
Constructions of Deviance examines the social processes through which behaviors and identities become defined as deviant. Focusing on social power, context, and interaction, Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler offer a sociological perspective for readers exploring norms, social judgments, and the construction of deviance.
About This Book
Constructions of Deviance explores how deviance is shaped by social power, context, and interaction.
The book presents a sociological approach to understanding how behaviors and identities may be defined as deviant.
Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler examine deviance as a social phenomenon rather than an isolated individual characteristic.
It is suited to readers studying sociology, social interaction, and the social construction of norms.
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