The Politics of Deviance
In The Politics of Deviance, Anne Hendershott (Moving for Work),  a sociologist at the University of San Diego, laments the death  of deviance as a concept within sociology, along with a  consequent "destigmatizing [of] deviant behaviors" within the  real social world. In chapters like "Medicalizing the Deviance  of Drug Abuse," "Expanding the Market for Mental Illness" and  "Postmodern Pedophilia," Hendershott details a process whereby,  in her view, "all behaviors are created equal" within the  culture, and a market model of what is desirable in a society  (i.e., that a kind of manufactured demand for rebellion drives  permissiveness) rules to society's detriment. An indictment of  what Hendershott feels has taken place within her field over the  last 30 years, this book, published by a California think tank,  attempts nothing less than a rearticulation of social  conservatism.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.