{"product_id":"moral-panics-isbn-9781405189330","title":"Moral Panics","description":"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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePacked 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by long-established experts in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Enter the Moral Panic 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Collective Behavior 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Social Movements 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Social Problems 150\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Renaissance Witch Craze 168\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Drug Abuse Panics 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade 218\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 275\u003c\/p\u003e \"This close reading of the facts behind a media story are the essence of Goode and Ben-Yehuda's work. They have taken the time and trouble to try and see what is a moral panic and what is true.\" (\u003ci\u003eMetapsychology\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2010)  \u003cb\u003eErich Goode\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Marijuana Smokers\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eCollective Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eDeviance in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eExtreme Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Angus Vail, 2008), \u003ci\u003eDrugs in American Society\u003c\/i\u003e (7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e edition, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eDeviant Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e (8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e edition, 2008).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNachman Ben-Yehuda\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include \u003ci\u003eDeviance and Moral Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eThe Politics and Morality of Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003ePolitical Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eThe Masada Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eBetrayals and Treason\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eSelective Remembrances\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Philip Kohl and Mara Kozelsky, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e  From the Renaissance witch craze to the denunciation of horror comics and rock and roll in the 1950s and flag burning in the late twentieth and the early twenty-first century, institutions and groups of individuals have mobilized around issues where they feel threatened.  \u003cp\u003eThis book introduces, describes, and analyzes the collective outbreaks of scares about threats or supposed threats from deviants or “folk devils,” a category of people who, some believe, engage in evil practices and are blamed for menacing the society’s culture, way of life, and central values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining what motivates fear- and concern-inspired collective behavior, the second edition of \u003ci\u003eMoral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e comprehensively updates this popular and highly-respected text, bringing in a host of new examples, and new chapters on the media and criticisms of the moral panics concept.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"In a thoroughly updated new edition of their very valuable book, Goode and Ben-Yehuda demonstrate the wide gulf that so often separates the real menaces facing our society from the disproportionate waves of public fear and concern that regularly surface in the mass media. Their book - intelligently written, wide-ranging and provocative - shows us once again that knowing what a society fears is essential to understanding its core values, and its highest aspirations.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003ePhilip Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e, Pennsylvania State University  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMoral Panics\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a classic text in social theory. In this newly updated and enlarged edition, it is an indispensable text for every twenty-first century scholar interested in the social construction and diffusion of fear.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eBarry Glassner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moral panics remains one of the most hotly-debated sociological ideas to have entered the public sphere, so an up-dated version of Goode and Ben-Yehuda’s pathbreaking work on this subject is very welcome. The new version is even more enlightening than its predecessor.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eKenneth Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e, Open University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989653602533,"sku":"NP9781405189330","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405189330.jpg?v=1761784970","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/moral-panics-isbn-9781405189330","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}