{"product_id":"folk-devils-and-moral-panics-by-stanley-cohen-9781138834743","title":"Folk Devils and Moral Panics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Richly documented and convincingly presented'\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eNew Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seekers, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFanned 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull of sharp insight and analysis, \u003cem\u003eFolk Devils and Moral Panics\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand this powerful and enduring phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605717500140,"sku":"9781138834743","price":247.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138834743-folk-devils-and-moral-panics.jpg?v=1778140278","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/folk-devils-and-moral-panics-by-stanley-cohen-9781138834743","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}