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Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

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How does social regulation shape who is “deviant” and who is “normal”?

Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada is an introduction to the sociology of what has traditionally been called deviance and conformity. This book shifts the focus from individuals labelled deviant to the political and economic processes that shape marginalization, power and exclusion. Class, gender, race and sexuality are the bases for understanding deviance, and it is within these relations of power that the labels “deviant” and “normal” are socially developed and the behaviours of those less powerful become regulated.

This textbook introduces readers to theories and critiques of traditional approaches to deviance and conformity. Using vivid and timely examples of contemporary social regulation and control, this textbook brings to life how forces of social control and marginalization interact with social media, sex work, immigration, anti-colonialism, digital surveillance and social movements, and much more. Theories and critiques are clarified with summaries, definitions, rich illustrative examples, discussion questions, recommended resources and test banks for instructors.

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Mitch D. Daschuk

Mitch D. Daschuk received a PhD in sociology from the University of Saskatchewan in 2016. His graduate research centers around youth culture, counter-hegemonic art, and punk ideology.

Carolyn Brooks

Carolyn Brooks is department head and an associate professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on youth resilience, violence, and theoretical criminology. She is the co-editor, with Bernard Schissel, of three editions of Marginality and Condemnation: A Critical Introduction to Criminology.

James Popham

James F. Popham is an assistant professor of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he researches issues of cyber-criminality, technology, and social empowerment.

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How Much Control Do We Really Have over Our Lives? – Foundational Concepts in Social Control – Sociological Perspectives on Social Control – Agents of Socialization – … ; ; 16 $1.60

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Social Problems, Harmful Conditions, and Social Definitions – The Problem of Synchronization – Studying Social Problems – Discussion Questions – Recommended Resources … 16 $1.60

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Durkheim on Mechanical Solidarity, the Collective Conscience, and Social Facts – Durkheim’s Influence: Strain and Social Control Theories – Social Control Theory: Social Bonds … 20 $2.00

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Critical Theory and Neo-Marxism – Feminist and Anti-Oppressive Theories – Summary – Discussion Questions – Recommended Resources – Glossary – References 30 $3.00

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What’s In a Question? – Who’s Being Asked? – “Big Data” Analytics and Their Challenges – Reconciling Statistics with Unheard Voices – Conclusion … 32 $3.20

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Classifying Substances and Assessing their Use in Canada – The Cultural History of Canadian Drug Policy – Drug Panics, Political Rhetoric, and Mass Media Representations – … 24 $2.40

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LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Violence, and Resilience – Social Creation of Deviance: Heterosexual Hegemony, Heteronormativity, and Homonormativity – Historical Social Controls of Sexuality: … ; 31 $3.10

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Approaches to Disability – Canadian Immigration Policy: The Social Control of Race and Disability – A Radical Approach for the Future – Conclusion – Discussion Questions … ; 33 $3.30

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The Social Construction of Adolescence – Critical Perspectives on Adolescence: Exploitation and Medicalization – From Idealism to Intersectional Marginality – Implications and … ; 21 $2.10

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Moral Panics for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds – Moral Panics and Media Logic – Moral Panics and Digital Media Logic – Conclusion – Discussion Questions – Recommended … 23 $2.30

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What, if Anything, Is “Crime”? – Mass Media and Museums: Putting “Crime” on Display – Representations of “Crime” in Police Museums and Exhibits … 24 $2.40

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Criminalization of the Sex Trade – Pathways and Commonalities among Sex Trade Workers – Sex Work and Colonization – Sociological and Feminist Perspectives that Attempt to … ; 33 $3.30

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From Canada’s Refusal to Acknowledge MMIWG to Emerging Forms of Recognition – Settler Colonial State-Building, Benevolence, and Representations of Indigenous Women – Contested … ; 30 $3.00

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Panopticism – Case Studies – Conclusion – Discussion Questions – Recommended Resources – Glossary – Notes – References 33 $3.30

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Surveillance and Sovereignty – The Rationality of British/Canadian Colonialism and Productivity – Early “Indian” Surveillance and Productivity in Canada – Current … 25 $2.50

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The “Sunbathing Teenager” and Drone Privacy Regulation – Drones and Gendered Privacy Invasions – Reflecting on the “Safety-First” Focus of Canadian and US … 29 $2.90

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“War on Terror” Security Governance – Critical Infrastructure Protection – Conclusion – Discussion Questions – Recommended Resources – Glossary – … ; 23 $2.30

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Organization and Mobilization – Classic Perspectives on the Constitution of Social Movements – Resistance and the Network Society – Three Case Studies in Digital Mobilization … 22 $2.20