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Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance Erich Goode

Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance By Erich Goode

Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance by Erich Goode

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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.

Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance Summary

Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance by Erich Goode

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

Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance Reviews

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)

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).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements. Prologue. 1. Enter the Moral Panic. 2. The Moral Panic: An Introduction. 3. Three Theories of the Moral Panic. 4. The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics. 5. The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic. 6. Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law. 7. Collective Behavior. 8. Social Movements. 9. Social Problems. 10. The Renaissance Witch Craze. 11. Drug Abuse Panics. 12. The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade. Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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NGR9781405189330
9781405189330
1405189339
Moral Panics 2e - The Social Construction of Deviance by Erich Goode
Erich Goode
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Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20090821
320
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