Folk Devils and Moral Panics (Routledge Classics) by Cohen, Stanley

pb. Fair. Obviously worn, but no text pages missing. May have highlighting and marginalia, but markings do not interfere with readability. Textbooks do not have accompanying CDs or access codes. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Like New.

Routledge, 2011-04-04. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 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 conc

Paperback / softback. New. 'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has its own moral panics. It was Stanley Cohen's classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly revised, that brought the term 'moral panic' into widespread discussion. It is an outstanding investigation of the way in which the media and often those in a position of political power define a condition, or group, as a threat to societal values and interests. Fanned by screaming media headlines, Cohen brilliantly demonstrates how this leads to such groups being marginalised and vilified in the popular imagination, inhibiting rational debate about solutions to the social problems such groups represent. Furthermore, he argues that moral panics go even further by identifying the very fault lines of power in society. Full of sharp insight and analysis, Folk Devils and… Read More

Routledge, 2011. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 7.80x5.20x0.98 inches.

Routledge, 2011-04-04. paperback. Used:Good.

Routledge, 2011. paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. the wraps are lightly shelf rubbed. a neat and presentable copy. excellent binding. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.