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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
Hardback. 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, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
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 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 ... Read more
- Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189347
SKU
V9781405189347
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
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 (7th edition, 2008), and Deviant Behavior (8th edition, 2008). Nachman Ben-Yehuda is Professor of Sociology ... Read more
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)