The Denier in Chief: Faith in Trump and Techniques of Neutralization in a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Francis T. Cullen ◽  
Amanda Graham ◽  
Cheryl Lero Jonson ◽  
Justin T. Pickett ◽  
Melissa M. Sloan ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Techniques Of Neutralization

Drift Contexts

Drift ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Ferrell
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Broken Windows ◽  
Cultural Critique ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Spatial Displacement ◽  
Techniques Of Neutralization ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Spatial Economy

This chapter develops a sociology of drift from the classic works of Robert Park, Georg Simmel, David Matza, Gresham Sykes, and others. It reconsiders Sykes and Matza’s “techniques of neutralization” model, arguing that it embodies a deeper sociological and cultural critique than that which is commonly attributed to it. The chapter then constructs a political economy and spatial economy of drift which locates drift within contemporary urban dynamics of “consumption-driven urban development,” spatial displacement, anti-homeless initiatives, risk-based and place-based policing, broken-windows policing, and CPTED. The chapter concludes by considering these dynamics in the context of spatial alienation and transgression.

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