Towards a Bourdieusian frame of moral panic analysis: The history of a moral panic inside the field of humanitarian aid

Dandoy, Arnaud

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“…: Moral Panics as Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes’ (Rohloff, 2011) and ‘From Folk Devils to Folk Heroes: Rethinking the Theory of Moral Panic’ (Flinders and Wood, 2015). Many discuss what an ‘updated’ moral panic theory should involve and make suggestions for how it could move forward (e.g., Critcher, 2002, 2008; Dandoy, 2014; DeYoung, 1998; Hier, 2008, 2011b, 2018; Ingraham and Reeves, 2016; McRobbie and Thornton, 1995).…”

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On Moral Panic: Some Directions for Further Development

Falkof

2018

Critical Sociology

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This article is concerned with the continued salience of the notion of moral panic, an idea that has been both enormously influential in sociological and media research and has come under fire for various flaws. It reviews some of the most common critiques of moral panic, discussing why these are valid and where they fall short, and adds new comments on some weaknesses in the theory. It goes on to argue that the term and the idea of moral panic continue to have value as critical tools, but require updating. Suggested further developments include broadening moral panic to allow for analyses that consider the global south; taking account of the narrative layering that characterises these episodes; considering the intersection of moral panics and digital media; centralising fear and anxiety in moral panic research; considering moral panics as an interdisciplinary framework rather than as a strict model; and invoking a psychoanalytic rhetoric to further explain how moral panics work and what they do.

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“… 5. See also Dandoy (2014), McDermott (2014) and Emmanuel (2014), among others, for useful theoretical revisions of moral panic analysis. …”

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On Moral Panic: Some Directions for Further Development

Falkof

2018

Critical Sociology

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“…Rohloff and Wright 2010], or partially if not entirely ignored (or misrepresented) the political, discursive, and ideological dimensions of the framework in an effort to discredit it [e.g. Dandoy 2014;Critcher 2009]. This is why Fitzgerald and Smoczynski's article is such an important contribution to the developmental project of widening the focus of moral panic studies.…”

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The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Moral Panic Studies: Reflections on a Changing Research Agenda

Hier¹

2015

Czech Sociological Review

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The publication of Fitzgerald and Smoczynski's article on societal reactions to polish labour migrants in the United Kingdom provides an important opportunity to refl ect on theoretical and conceptual advances that have been made in the sociology of moral panic. Conventional perspectives conceptualise panic episodes as exceptional rather than ordinary claims-making activities that amplify deviance in a manner that is disproportionate to actual threats. An alternative perspective aimed at revising conventional approaches widens the focus of analysis by conceptualising moral panic as a more routine than atypical expression of moral regulation in everyday life. This discussion paper clarifi es how moral panic is conceptualised as a form of moral regulation, and it identifi es three specifi c ways that Fitzgerald and Smoczynski's fi ndings complicate some of the assumptions characterising the changing framework in moral panic studies. The cultural politics of moral panic studiesTracing to Cohen's [2003] iconic depiction of the mods and rockers, moral panic studies has had a profound infl uence on the ways in which sociologists conceptualise crime, politics, deviance, and social control. Indeed, it is hard to imagine more than a handful of sociologists who are unfamiliar with either the term moral panic or its association with the mods and rockers. Many of the key concepts supporting Cohen's original text continue to inform studies in moral panic-for example folk devils, moral panics, deviance amplifi cation, exaggeration, control cultures-yet the cultural politics that engender episodes of moral panic have continued to change since the 1960s.Changes to the cultural politics underscoring not only episodes of moral panic but also contributions to moral panic studies are evident from a close read-* Direct all correspondence to:

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“…The aid industry has directed substantial efforts towards bureaucratising security management (Schneiker, 2015;Beerli, 2018), raising the public visibility of the security risks that humanitarians face in the field (see, for example, Action Against Hunger, n.d.), probing the causes of attacks against aid workers (Stoddard et al, 2012(Stoddard et al, , 2017, and analysing and debating organisational approaches towards operating in insecure environments (Humanitarian Practice Network, 2010;Egeland et al, 2011;Healy and Tiller, 2014;Neuman, 2016;Jackson and Zyck, 2017). Whether humanitarian insecurity has actually increased in recent years is the subject of often heated debate among practitioners, analysts and policymakers (Dandoy, 2014;Weissman, 2016). After all, humanitarian actors have always faced security risks in their endeavours to deliver assistance to, and promote protection for, vulnerable people amid ongoing armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other crises (Dandoy and Pérouse de Montclos, 2013).…”

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Confronting Humanitarian Insecurity

Brooks

Grace

2020

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs

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Violence against aid workers seeking to bring assistance and protection to vulnerable people amid ongoing armed conflicts, disasters or other crises has fuelled growing concern over how to protect the humanitarian mission. Based on semi-structured interviews conducted with 118 practitioners involved in humanitarian operations and security management, this article considers three under-analysed prongs of grappling with humanitarian insecurity. The first three sections, in turn, examine the pursuit of accountability at both the domestic and international levels, public advocacy efforts and confidential negotiation. The fourth section links the article’s assessment of these three modes of responding to humanitarian insecurity to the broader discourse on security management in the humanitarian sector. Specifically, this section revisits and reimagines the security triangle, a framework that has played an influential role in shaping discourse on security management in humanitarian operations. The final section offers concluding remarks.

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Towards a Bourdieusian frame of moral panic analysis: The history of a moral panic inside the field of humanitarian aid

Cited by 22 publications

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On Moral Panic: Some Directions for Further Development

On Moral Panic: Some Directions for Further Development

The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Moral Panic Studies: Reflections on a Changing Research Agenda

Confronting Humanitarian Insecurity

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