Moral Panic and the Politics of Anxiety (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hier, Sean

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Moral Panic and the Politics of Anxiety develops an integrated framework for moral panic research by widening the scope of moral panic scholarship. The volume brings together recognized moral panic researchers with prominent scholars in moral regulation, social problems, cultural fear, and health risks to develop insights into the cultural and political significance of moral panic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135198121
• Artikelnr.: 38254941

Autorenporträt

Sean Hier is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has authored several articles on moral panic, and he is recognized for his efforts to link moral panic to moral regulation/social problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1. Introduction: Bringing Moral Panic Studies into Focus Part 1:
Conceptualizing Moral Panic Studies Section Introduction 2. Grounding and
Defending the Sociology of Moral Panic 3. Locating Moral Panics within the
Sociology of Social Problems 4. Fractious Rivals? Moral Panics and Moral
Regulation 5. Shifting the Focus? Moral Panics as Civilizing and
Decivilizing Processes Part 2: Examining Moral Panic Studies Section
Introduction 6. The Objectification of Fear and the Grammar of Morality 7.
How Emotions Matter to Moral Panic 8. Folk Devils Reconsidered 9. The
Duality of the Devil: Realism, Relationalism, and Representation Part 3:
Applying Moral Panic Studies Section Introduction 10. Panic, Regulation,
and the Moralization of British Law and Order Politics 11. Drunken Antics:
The Gin Craze, Binge Drinking, and the Political Economy of Moral
Regulation 12. The Artful Creation of a Global Moral Panic: Climatic Folk
Devils, Environmental Evangelicals, and the Coming Catastrophie 13. When
Harm is Done: Panic, Scandal, and Blame 14. The Unhealthy Risk Society:
Health Scares and the Politics of Moral Panic