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Joel Best, "Just the Facts: Untangling Contradictory Claims" (U California Press, 2025)

New Books in Sociology

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Why Study Facts and How They’re Constructed

Best explains what inspired Just the Facts and argues facts are social agreements formed through language, conventions, and shared sense‑making (time, calendars, and everyday examples).

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