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Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance
Erich Goode
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Description for Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance
Paperback. Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. * Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the sex slave scare* Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic* Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept itself* Written by long-established experts in the field* Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189330
SKU
V9781405189330
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Ref
99-2
About Erich Goode
Erich Goode is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His previous books include The Marijuana Smokers (1970), Collective Behavior (1992), Deviance in Everyday Life (2002), Extreme Deviance (edited with Angus Vail, 2008), Drugs in American Society (7 th edition, 2008), and Deviant Behavior (8 th edition, 2008). Nachman Ben-Yehuda is Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include Deviance and Moral Boundaries (1985), The Politics and Morality of Deviance (1990), Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice (1993), The Masada Myth (1995), Betrayals and Treason (2001), and Selective Remembrances (edited with Philip Kohl and Mara Kozelsky, 2007).
Reviews for Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance
This close reading of the facts behind a media story are the essence of Goode and Ben-Yehuda's work. They have taken the time and trouble to try and see what is a moral panic and what is true. ( Metapsychology , March 2010)