Ontological Gerrymandering: The Anatomy of Social Problems Explanations
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- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 32 (3), 214-227
- https://doi.org/10.2307/800680
Abstract
Recent explanations of social problems have increasingly adopted the “definitional” perspective. This paper provides a critical commentary on the forKeywords
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