Moral panic and social theory: Beyond the heuristic

Current Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-419

  Rohloff, Amanda ^a   Wright, Sarah ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Governance; Moral panic; Norbert Elias; Risk; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951571321     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392110364039     Document Type: Article

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