Legislating the Crisis
Moral Panics, Parental Rights, and the Politics of Inclusive Education in Kentucky
Legislating the Crisis
Moral Panics, Parental Rights, and the Politics of Inclusive Education in Kentucky
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Drawing on two years of interviews with parents and educators across central Kentucky following the passage of anti-LGBTQ Senate Bill 150 (2023), this study challenges prevailing narratives about “indoctrination” in schools.
Contrary to political rhetoric, parents express little concern about children being influenced by queer identities through books, classrooms, or libraries. Instead, the discourse surrounding the parental rights in education movement fosters a moral panic-one that frames inclusive education and queer communities as symbolic threats. The authors introduce the concept of “playground politics” to describe how lawmakers and advocacy groups strategically label inclusive educators as 'indoctrinators,' co-opting their opponents' language to suppress certain ideas from public discourse. This work reveals how such tactics aim not only to control educational content but to narrow the boundaries of what is considered thinkable across society.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The legal and practical complexities of parental rights
Chapter 2: Theorizing moral panics
Chapter 3: Constructions of parenting
Chapter 4: Indoctrination, socialization, and the dynamics of trust and control
Chapter 5: Manufacturing a moral panic through symbolic threats, fear, contagion, and nostalgia
Chapter 6: Children's innocence, protection discourse, and schools as sites of socialization
Chapter 7: Public educational institutions as shared social investments
Chapter 8: The risks of technology and digital media as persuasive and pervasive
Chapter 9: Contradictions, hypocrisies, and the kids are (mostly) alright (for now)
Final thoughts on playground politics and parental rights
Product details
| Published | 15 Apr 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9798216442462 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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