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Deviance, Morality, and Power : Making Sense of a Fractured America by Devereaux Kennedy (2020, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCognella, Inc.

ISBN-101516543211

ISBN-139781516543212

eBay Product ID (ePID)19038555939

Product Key Features

Number of Pages266 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDeviance, Morality, and Power : Making Sense of a Fractured America

SubjectGeneral

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

AuthorDevereaux Kennedy

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2022-276766

ReviewsThis timely and reader-friendly textbook provides an overview about how sociological concepts of deviance developed in the U.S. through social crises and political conflicts since the first gilded age until present day's conflagrations. In the second part, it elaborates on the dynamics of social construction of deviance and consensus through power and morality struggles and offers a pathway to overcome current divisions and fragmentation through the development of new shared moral visions and rational policies. Kennedy connects his theoretical introduction with real-world questions of how we should make society better and resolve practical societal problems through the development of reason, trust, and cohesion. This introduction inspires conversations and action with reflective questions, directions, graphs, pictures, and supplemental resources. An excellent resource for students in sociology, social work, criminal justice, and liberal studies, yet accessible to the the interested lay person, too." -Hermann Kurthen, Grand Valley State University, Michigan

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SynopsisDeviance, Morality, and Power: Making Sense of a Fractured America explores how, reconceived and retooled, sociological approaches and concepts developed to understand deviance and normality can help us address the political, social, and cultural issues that have led to a deeply divided and conflict-ridden country. The text examines how social cohesion and stability is achieved and maintained through conflict in which groups with competing and conflicting material interests and moral visions struggle for power. It underscores how the United States embraces the seemingly contradictory ideals of individualism and popular rule, and how these conflicting ideals create an environment of competition and conflict. Readers are challenged to view deviance as a moral category connected to a moral vision of what kind of nation we believe we ought to strive to become and what kind of institutional order could embody that vision. The book proposes the reconsideration of key concepts and approaches in sociology to envision fresh applications for contemporary times and modern challenges. Featuring a fresh perspective of deviance as a fundamentally political process, Deviance, Morality, and Power is an ideal textbook for courses in sociology, especially those that examine deviance and modern applications of sociological theory., Explores how, reconceived and retooled, sociological approaches and concepts developed to understand deviance and normality can help us address the political, social, and cultural issues that have led to a deeply divided and conflict-ridden country.

LC Classification NumberHN59.2.K44 2020