A Risk Society of Moral Panic: The US in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Miller, Toby

Source: Cultural Politics: an International Journal, Volume 2, Number 3, November 2006 , pp. 299-318(20)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

This essay examines risk society and moral panic as tools for analyzing the irrationality of the contemporary US, and applies them to the construction of young people as a social problem. Although today's risk society and moral panic are closely tied to the current economic crisis, I argue that youth has long been a key site for understanding US anxieties.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2752/174321906778531682

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