Social problems may fruitfully be looked at as constructed phenomena, that is, what
constitutes a problem is the concern that segments of the public feel about a given condition …

In this article I argue the need for critical evaluation of qualitative research methodology in
sociological studies of the relationship between youth culture and popular music. As the …

How to understand a media environment in crisis, and how to make things better by
approaching information ecologically. Our media environment is in crisis. Polarization is …

Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually,
interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions …

'Richly documented and convincingly presented'--New Society Mods and Rockers,
skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has …

Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its
context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence--and often a …

Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date
exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the …

The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread
secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are …

Psychologists have tended to view religion from a distance as a global, undifferentiated,
stable process that is largely good or largely bad. This article presents a more fine-grained …