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Moral Panics 2e

Moral Panics 2e - Hardcover

by Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda
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Availability:In StockContributor:Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-YehudaPublish date:2009-09-08Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405189347ISBN-10:1405189347UPC:9781405189347Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, CriminologySize:9.70 x 6.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SCVV2M7CY8
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405189347ISBN-10:1405189347UPC:9781405189347Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, CriminologySize:9.70 x 6.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SCVV2M7CY8
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 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).


Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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2nd Edition

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Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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Erich Goode, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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