`This is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - <b><i>Discourse & Society</p> <p></b></i></p> <p>How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely <i>what</i> is constructed, and <i>how</i>, and even what constructionism <i>means</i>, is often unclear or taken for granted. In this major work, Jonathan Potter offers a fascinating tour of the central themes raised by these questions.</p> <p></p> <p><b>Representing Reality</b> overviews the different traditions in constructionist thought. Points are illustrated throughout with