Moral Panic and the Politics of Anxiety

ISBN-13: 9780415555555 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 264 str.

Sean Hier

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.