Political Deviance

Lauderdale, Pat

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“…One of the most powerful ways of producing deviance and deviants is through the instigation of moral panics, fear and the production of crisis; a process which includes exaggeration and distortion, prediction of dire consequences and symbolisation of acute threat (Cohen, 1973 [2002]). In his classic study, Cohen also highlighted the pivotal role of media and of moral entrepreneurs in turning something or someone deviant (see also Lauderdale, 2015). The ways in which moral entrepreneurs attempt to render certain behaviour, ideas or groups of people as (politically) deviant is through processes of signification or labelling, stigmatisation and bedevilment (Cohen, 1973 [2002]; Schur, 1980).…”

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The abnormalisation of social justice: The ‘anti-woke culture war’ discourse in the UK

Cammaerts

2022

Discourse & Society

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In this article, the so-called ‘anti-woke’ culture war is deconstructed through the notions of metapolitics in fascist discourses – linked to the Gramscian ‘hegemonisation’ and ‘the war of position’ – as well as the Schmittian friend/enemy distinction coupled with theories of deviance and moral panics. The appropriation of the neo-fascist culture war discourse by the mainstream right in the UK is analysed discursively, combining political discourse analysis, the discourse-historical approach and discourse-conceptual analysis. The anti-woke culture war by the British conservative party as well as rightwing media will serve to analyse how social justice struggles like anti-racism, anti-sexism and pro-LGBTQ rights are being abnormalised and positioned as extreme deviant political positions. Linked to this, so-called ‘cancel culture’ is strategically deployed by dominant groups to neutralise contestations against racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ views. Finally, freedom of speech and the right to offend is weaponised to protect racist and discriminatory language and to position these idea’s as valid opinions worthy of democratic debate.

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The abnormalisation of social justice: The ‘anti-woke culture war’ discourse in the UK

Cammaerts

2022

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“…In fact, Liazos (1972) highlighted a certain case selection bias in the sociology of deviance, which had been predominantly concerned about 'nuts, sluts, and perverts', rather than, for example, unequal power relationships and deviance among the political elite. Since Liazos's call, there have been several notable interactionist attempts to examine deviance in the political sphere of social life (see Lauerdale 2015). In this section, we employ the interactionist perspective to study deviance in the realm of international politics.…”

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Bringing the outsiders in: an interactionist perspective on deviance and normative change in international politics

Smetana

Onderčo

2018

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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In this article, we draw on insights from the interactionist perspective in sociology and international relations (IR) norm contestation literature to explore the relationship between deviance and normative change in international politics. In IR, this is still largely unexplored territory: we already know a great deal about how norms change, yet we know much less about the actual role norm violations play in this process. In order to address this gap, we conceptualize three types of normative contestation and affirmation that take place in connection with deviance (re)construction: (1) applicatory contestation and affirmation, reconstructing the meanings of international norms; (2) justificatory contestation and affirmation, challenging and reaffirming the legitimacy of international norms; and (3) hierarchical contestation and affirmation, contesting and reaffirming the relative value and importance of international norms. We discuss how, as a consequence of these dynamics, deviance-making produces both stability and change in the normative structure of world politics. 1 We use the term 'deviance' in its traditional sociological sense of 'certain deviations from social norms which encounter disapproval' (Clinard 1957, vii). While the main focus of sociology as a discipline has been on deviant behaviour, deviance also encompasses norm-violating attitudes (beliefs) and conditions (Adler and Adler 2014, 13). For a discussion on competing definitions of deviance in sociology, see Clinard and Meier (2011, 6-9).

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“…This process allowed the medical professionals to re-define alcoholism and homosexuality as a disease, a societal condition, and/or a "natural" process. Specifically, during the 1960's, the American Psychiatry Association (APA) considered homosexuality as a disease classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) which psychologists relied on for mental diagnosis (Lauderdale, 2003). In the DSM III (1980), homosexuality was classified as Homosexual-Conflict Disorder replacing an older label-Sexual Orientation Disturbance (Conrad & Schneider, 1992, p. 208).…”

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Constructions of Deafness: Exploring Normalcy and Deviance within Specific Social Representations

Horejes

2009

Développement Humain, Handicap et Changement Social

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The constructions of deafness and social representations of a deaf child are very complicated and deeply contested. This paper examines the constructions of deafness and how it has been sociohistorically framed and re-framed within the parameters of normalcy and deviance. Such analysis may offer insight on the potential impact of shaping ideology, politics, and what it means to be deaf. This level of analysis is conducted via an examination of the socio-history of deaf education including discussions of the ongoing “paradigm wars” between certain social control institutions, mainly American Sign Language-based (or called English-based) and the oral-based educational institutions and its implications of language. Examining these two social control institutions will seek to uncover certain constructions within specific social representations and societal dynamics that may shape the deaf child’s identity, its version of “natural” gifts, social inequality, and ultimately the types of ideologies constructed toward deaf students. A possible alternative view of reapproprating of the corporeal differences of deafness is discussed including positive strategies to minimize reproduced social stratification, oppression, social inequality, and divisions when dealing with deafness.

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Political Deviance

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

The abnormalisation of social justice: The ‘anti-woke culture war’ discourse in the UK

The abnormalisation of social justice: The ‘anti-woke culture war’ discourse in the UK

Bringing the outsiders in: an interactionist perspective on deviance and normative change in international politics

Constructions of Deafness: Exploring Normalcy and Deviance within Specific Social Representations

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