2011
DOI: 10.1177/1741659010393937
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Neo-Nazis and moral panic: The emergence of neo-Nazi youth gangs in Israel

Abstract: The emergence of a neo-Nazi gang is an unprecedented manifestation of deviance in Israel. It has undermined the moral order and shaken the delicate nerves of Israeli society, which lives in the shadow of the Holocaust. Drawing principally on Israeli newspaper coverage, the study examines the dynamics of social discourse among policymakers, the press and pressure groups. The analysis shows that initial formulations of moral panic derived from a profound concern about changes in the social and moral order of soc… Show more

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“…It appears that, whilst these novel approach are gaining increasing influence in academia (e.g. Critcher, 2009; Herdt, 2009; Sela-Shayovitz, 2011), they miss many important context-specific explanations behind moral panics.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It appears that, whilst these novel approach are gaining increasing influence in academia (e.g. Critcher, 2009; Herdt, 2009; Sela-Shayovitz, 2011), they miss many important context-specific explanations behind moral panics.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Three types of development are visible: (a) the adaptation of skinhead culture and values to the local and national political culture, (b) the increased networking and internationalization of skinhead and neo-Nazi subculture, and (c) the commercialization and commodification of skinhead culture (Campbell, 2006;Sela-Shayovitz, 2011). To describe the development from subculture to mainstreaming, we will look more closely at the Swedish case.…”
Section: From Skins and Neo-nazi Subcultures To Neoconservatismmentioning
confidence: 99%