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Moral Panics 2e

Name: Moral Panics 2e
Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
SKU: 9781405189347
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Contributors:

Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Sociology, Criminology

Edition Description:

2nd Edition

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Release Date:

2009-09-08

ISBN 13:

9781405189347

Weight:

1.54 lbs

Size:

9.70 x 6.90 x 0.90 inches

Pages:

312

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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.

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

About the Author
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).

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