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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... -orderly approach to editing this collection. And I thank Sally' Nash for her competent handling of the complex process of manuscript preparation involved in preparing this book. LEE RAINWATER CONTENTS Preface . . . . . , . . vi / PREFACE.
... involved in describing and analyzing social problems, the approach of sociologists to the subject has shifted markedly from time to time. Earl Rubington and Martin S. Weinberg have analyzed the development of five different sociological ...
... involved in asserting the existence of a problem encompass a broader group than either specialized scholars or the friends of a voice in the wilderness. A group of individuals, for reasons that seem sufficient and compelling to them ...
... involved in a given problematic issue needs to examine the varieties of awareness, policy determination, and policy execution that exist among these different levels of society at any given time. For each group that has some awareness ...
... involved in even the most apparently simple social problem is formidable indeed. As many social scientists and philosophers of science have observed, facts are not neutral. Students and activists concerned with any problem acquire ...
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