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Informationen zum Autor Stuart Hall is one of the founding figures of the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, UK, was formerly President of the BSA (1995-97) and is now Professor Emeritus at the Open University, UK. Chas Critcher is Visiting Professor in Media and Communications at Swansea University, UK, and Professor Emeritus at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Tony Jefferson is Professor Emeritus at Keele University, UK. He has held Visiting Professorships in Denmark, Sweden, Australia and the USA. John Clarke is Professor of Social Policy at the Open University, UK and has been a visiting scholar at NOVA, Oslo, Norway; the Danish Social Research Institute (SFI) in Copenhagen, Denmark; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; and Central European University, Budapest. Brian Roberts is Visiting Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK. Klappentext This special 35th anniversary edition contains the original, unchanged text that inspired a generation, alongside two new chapters that explore the book's continued significance for today's readers. The Preface provides a brief retrospective account of the book's original structure, the rich ethnographic, intellectual and theoretical work that informed it, and the historical context in which it appeared. In the new Afterword, each of the authors takes up a specific theme from the original book and interrogates it in the light of current crises, perspectives and contexts. Zusammenfassung This classic text is still one of the most influential and compelling books in the social sciences. Staying true to the original writing, this special edition includes a new Preface, an Index and reflective Afterword from Stuart Hall and the authors, exploring the continued relevance of the text in light of contemporary cultural and social issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition PART I The Social History of a Moral Panic The Origins of Social Control The Social Production of News PART II Balancing Accounts: Cashing in on Handsworth Orchestrating Public Opinion Explanations and Ideologies of crime PART III Crime, Law and the State The Law-and-Order Society: the Exhaustion of 'Consent' The Law-and-Order Society: Towards the 'Exceptional State' PART IV The Politics of 'Mugging' Conclusion to the Second Edition: Reflections and new considerations....