Description: Moral Panics : The Social Construction of Deviance, Hardcover by Goode, Erich; Ben-Yehuda, Nachman, ISBN 1405189347, ISBN-13 9781405189347, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In this expanded edition of their pioneering book on the social construction of fear, Goode (Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook [emeritus]) and Ben-Yehuda (Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) describe and analyze "moral panics"--collective outbreaks of fear over illusory or trivial threats. Central to th is this question: In cases when threats are not materially real, what accounts for peoples' belief that something still must be done about those supposed threats? Topics include theoretical explanations for moral panics, criticisms of the concept of the moral panic, the role of media in creating moral panics, and examples of recent and historical moral panics. Given the recent re-emergence of conspiracy theories into mainstream . politic, this new edition of Moral Panics is particularly timely. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Moral Panics : The Social Construction of Deviance
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: Moral Panics : the Social Construction of Deviance
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Sociology / General, Criminology
Publication Year: 2009
Item Weight: 25.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science
Author: Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Erich Goode
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7.1 in
Format: Hardcover
