International Advisory Board
The Sage Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice has benefited from the insights of an International Advisory Board. The Advisory Board members are senior authors, editors, and administrators who have contributed to the field of social construction. We wish to thank them heartily for their insights, suggestions, and recommendations to the editors in the development of this volume.
Harlene AndersonTaos Institute, USADuane BidwellClaremont School of Theology at Willamette University, USATom BillingtonUniversity of Sheffield, UKHilary BradburyOregon Health Sciences University, USARonald ChenailNova Southeastern University, USADavid CooperriderCase Western Reserve University, USAThalia DragonasNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceGlenda FredmanHunter Street Health Center, UKDora Fried SchnitmanFundacion Interfas, ArgentinaKenneth GergenTaos Institute, USAJaber GubriumUniversity of Missouri, USAMarie HoskinsUniversity of Victoria, CanadaJean MessingueInstitut de Theologie de la Compagnie de Jesus, Ivory CoastHaesun MoonCanadian Center for Brief Coaching, CanadaEdgardo Morales-ArandesUniversity of Puerto Rico, Puerto RicoOttar NessNorwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayJohann RouxInstitute for Therapeutic Development, South AfricaJorge SanhuezaUniversity Adolf Ibanez, ChileLoek SchoenmakerHogeschool de Kempel, the NetherlandsJosep SeguiIndependent Social Psychologist, SpainMonica SesmaUniversity of Calgary, CanadaMary Jane SpinkPontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, BrazilSally St. GeorgeUniversity of Calgary, CanadaJacob StorchJoint Action, DenmarkTom StrongUniversity of Calgary, CanadaToshio SugimanKyushu Sangyo University, JapanHaridimos TsoukasWarwick Business School, UKNelson Molina ValenciaUniversidad Pontificia Bolivariana, ColombiaDiana WhitneyTaos Institute, USAJim WilsonSystemic Psychotherapist, UKStan WitkinGlobal Partnership for Transformative Social Work, USAShi-Jiuan WuCenter for Creative Dialogue, TaiwanDan WulffUniversity of Calgary, CanadaLiping YangNanjing Normal University, ChinaXinping ZhangNanjing Normal University, China
The Sage Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice
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Introduction and editorial arrangement © Sheila McNamee, Mary M. Gergen, Celiane Camargo-Borges, and Emerson F. Rasera, 2020
Chapter 1 © Kenneth J. Gergen, 2020
Chapter 2 © Mary M. Gergen, 2020
Chapter 3 © Celiane Camargo-Borges and Sheila McNamee, 2020
Chapter 4 © Ottar Ness and Dina von Heimburg, 2020
Chapter 5 © Hilary Bradbury, 2020
Chapter 6 © Mary M. Gergen, 2020
Chapter 7 © Dan Wulff and Sally St. George, 2020
Chapter 8 © Rocio Chaveste and M. L. Papusa Molina with Christian Lizama, Cynthia Sosa, and Carolina Torres, 2020
Chapter 9 © Gail Simon and Leah Salter, 2020
Chapter 10 © Tanya Mudry and Tom Strong, 2020
Chapter 11 © Dan Wulff and Sally St. George, 2020
Chapter 12 © Stanley L. Witkin and Christopher Hall, 2020
Chapter 13 © Harlene Anderson, 2020
Chapter 14 © Dora Fried Schnitman, 2020
Chapter 15 © Jasmina Sermijn, 2020
Chapter 16 © Emerson F. Rasera and Carla Guanaes-Lorenzi, 2020
Chapter 17 © Lois Holzman, 2020
Chapter 18 © Marilene A. Grandesso, 2020
Chapter 19 © Jill Freedman and Gene Combs, 2020
Chapter 20 © Karl Tomm, 2020
Chapter 21 © Diana Whitney, 2020
Chapter 22 © Gitte Haslebo, 2020
Chapter 23 © Lone Hersted, 2020
Chapter 24 © Haesun Moon, 2020
Chapter 25 © Johan Hovelynck, Marc Craps, Art Dewulf, Koen Sips, Tharsi Taillieu, and René Bouwen, 2020
Chapter 26 © Ginny Belden-Charles, Morgan Mann Willis, and Jenny Lee, 2020
Chapter 27 © Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Barbara E. Lewis, 2020
Chapter 28 © Danielle P. Zandee, 2020
Chapter 29 © Gervase R. Bushe and Robert J. Marshak, 2020
Chapter 30 © Thalia Dragonas, 2020
Chapter 31 © Rolla E. Lewis, 2020
Chapter 32 © Gro Emmertsen Lund, 2020
Chapter 33 © Ingebjørg Mæland, 2020
Chapter 34 © Dawn Dole, 2020
Chapter 35 © Michael Williams and John Winslade, 2020
Chapter 36 © Tom Billington and Dan Goodley, 2020
Chapter 37 © Harriet Cameron, 2020
Chapter 38 © Thalia Dragonas, 2020
Chapter 39 © Scherto Gill and Kenneth J. Gergen, 2020
Chapter 40 © Murilo S. Moscheta, 2020
Chapter 41 © W. Ellen Raboin and Paul N. Uhlig, 2020
Chapter 42 © Karen Gold, 2020
Chapter 43 © William Randall, 2020
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