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In The Politics of Deviance, Anne Hendershott (Moving for Work), a sociologist at the University of San Diego, laments the death of deviance as a concept within sociology, along with a consequent "destigmatizing [of] deviant behaviors" within the real social world. In chapters like "Medicalizing the Deviance of Drug Abuse," "Expanding the Market for Mental Illness" and "Postmodern Pedophilia," Hendershott details a process whereby, in her view, "all behaviors are created equal" within the culture, and a market model of what is desirable in a society (i.e., that a kind of manufactured demand for rebellion drives permissiveness) rules to society's detriment. An indictment of what Hendershott feels has taken place within her field over the last 30 years, this book, published by a California think tank, attempts nothing less than a rearticulation of social conservatism.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Arguing against the grain of her own discipline, Anne Hendershott asserts the value and strength of the most important of all determinants of behavior--social norms and the commitment to accept them. The Politics of Deviance maintains that definitions of deviance that rely upon reason, and not emotion or political advocacy, are indispensable to the process of generating and sustaining cultural values and reaffirming the moral ties that bind us together.
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In The Politics of Deviance, Anne Hendershott (Moving for Work), a sociologist at the University of San Diego, laments the death of deviance as a concept within sociology, along with a consequent "destigmatizing [of] deviant behaviors" within the real social world. In chapters like "Medicalizing the Deviance of Drug Abuse," "Expanding the Market for Mental Illness" and "Postmodern Pedophilia," Hendershott details a process whereby, in her view, "all behaviors are created equal" within the culture, and a market model of what is desirable in a society (i.e., that a kind of manufactured demand for rebellion drives permissiveness) rules to society's detriment. An indictment of what Hendershott feels has taken place within her field over the last 30 years, this book, published by a California think tank, attempts nothing less than a rearticulation of social conservatism.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Arguing against the grain of her own discipline, Anne Hendershott asserts the value and strength of the most important of all determinants of behavior--social norms and the commitment to accept them. The Politics of Deviance maintains that definitions of deviance that rely upon reason, and not emotion or political advocacy, are indispensable to the process of generating and sustaining cultural values and reaffirming the moral ties that bind us together.
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While various advocacy groups have been gaining influence in redefining deviance, in many cases the real power to define and control deviant behavior has moved into the medical realm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, United States, Catholic Church, San Diego, Philip Jenkins, American Psychiatric Association, South Carolina, Fells Acres, Male Intergenerational Intimacy, Planned Parenthood, Santa Barbara, Supreme Court, Walt Whitman, American Psychological Association, Death of One's Own, Herbert Hendin, Leisure World, Los Angeles Times, Psychological Bulletin, Stigma Watch, University of California, Alexander the Great, Bates College, Bill Moyers New!
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While various advocacy groups have been gaining influence in redefining deviance, in many cases the real power to define and control deviant behavior has moved into the medical realm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, United States, Catholic Church, San Diego, Philip Jenkins, American Psychiatric Association, South Carolina, Fells Acres, Male Intergenerational Intimacy, Planned Parenthood, Santa Barbara, Supreme Court, Walt Whitman, American Psychological Association, Death of One's Own, Herbert Hendin, Leisure World, Los Angeles Times, Psychological Bulletin, Stigma Watch, University of California, Alexander the Great, Bates College, Bill Moyers New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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