Stanley Cohen

Folk Devils and Moral Panics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Stanely Cohen's study of deviant groups - society's "folk devils" - and the public and media reaction to them, is widely hailed as a classic of its kind. With great insight he reviews recent theory and criticism about the concept of "moral panics" and discusses the moral panics surrounding the folk devils of recent times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136807046
• Artikelnr.: 38269411

Autorenporträt

Professor Stanley Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He received the Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology (1985) and is on the Board of the International Council on Human Rights. He is a member of the British Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Moral Panics as Cultural Politics: Introduction to the Third Edition 1. Deviance and Moral Panics 2. The Inventory 3. Reaction: Opinion and Attitude Themes 4. Reaction: The Rescue and Remedy Phases 5. On the Beaches: The Warning and the Impact 6. Contexts and Backgrounds: Youth in the Sixties Appendix: Sources of Data Selected Reading List Notes and References General Index Author Index

Rezensionen

'...a brilliant and sutble exercise in "grounded theory".' Stuart Hall, Emeritus Professor, The Open University

'Richly documented and convincingly presented' New Society