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Which perspective on environmental issues tends to adopt an agnostic stance towards the severity of the problem itself ?

Correct answer: B. social constructionism

  • A. critical realism
  • B. social constructionism
  • C. structural Marxism
  • D. ecofeminism

Explanation

Social constructionism examines how society defines and frames environmental problems rather than deciding independently how severe they objectively are. This makes it relatively agnostic about the problem's actual severity, unlike critical realism.

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