Deviance and Liberty: Social Problems and Public PolicyRoutledge, 6. 2. 2018 - 446 strán (strany) Deviance is by definition a social problem. Since deviant behavior violates the normative expectations of a given group, deviance must be regarded as a problem for that group, since all groups of people want their norms to be enforced. Many modern societies place considerable value on personal liberty, so much so that interference with personal choices to deviate from group norms can be justified only in terms of the potential damage that particular kinds of behavior might do to the legitimate interests of others. Sociological research suggests that the social problem associated with deviance is often the behavior of individuals who violate norms cannot be justified in terms of basic values of liberty, social order, or justice. In other kinds of deviance, though, the social problem is that people or, in a more organized way, social institutions, interfere with individual liberty and self-realization. Each selection in this volume has been chosen to cover a full range of substantive problematic issues, a range of social science perspectives that can be brought to bear on issues of all kinds, and a range of social science methodologies used in studying modern society. 'Deviance and Liberty' is divided up into thirty-nine contributions and five main parts ranging from "Modern Perspectives on Deviance and Social Problems"; "Deviant Exchanges: Gambling, Drugs, and Sex"; "Deviant Personal Control: Illness, Violence, and Crime; Deviance, Identity, and the Life Cycle"; and "Moral Enterprise and Moral Enforcement." It is a welcome addition to the libraries of those interested in the study of deviance or society as a whole. |
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... activity. Much of the empirical research done during this period fit neatly into a framework emphasizing the central role of normlessness and cultural conflict. However, as time went on, more and more sociologists began to observe that ...
... activity of persons who undertake to publicize and dramatize situations which they and perhaps only a small group of others see as a problem. The most dramatic example of this kind in recent times is that of Rachel Carson, whose book ...
... activity? Given the level of policy action, to what extent does policy in fact affect the problem, either in terms of decreasing or increasing its prevalence or altering its form through the mechanisms we have discussed above as ...
... activity involves simply demonstrating the inaccuracy of pieces of this structure. This is a fairly dismal task; indeed in recent times it has seemed that sociology may replace economics as “the dismal science.” Over and over again ...
... activity, but it seems likely that in the future they will be more concerned with this kind of innovation design and testing research. Many social scientists evince considerable ambivalence about a fifth contribution they can make ...
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