The fitness industry is experiencing a boom characterized by the proliferation of technology. While this may benefit health, it raises questions about the nature of our relationship with technology. This is the first book to examine these questions through a critical scholarly lens.

Written in the 1950s at the height of popular fascination with UFOs, this is the great psychologist's brilliantly prescient meditation on the phenomenon that gripped the world.

Stanely Cohen's study of deviant groups - society's "folk devils" - and the public and media reaction to them, is widely hailed as a classic of its kind. With great insight he reviews recent theory and criticism about the concept of "moral panics" and discusses the moral panics surrounding the folk devils of recent times.

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the phenomenon of football hooliganism. It is ideal for students taking courses around this subject, as well as those with a professional interest such as the police and those responsible for stadium safety and management.