Book ReviewRisk and Misfortune: A Social Construction of Accidents.By Judith Green. London: UCL Press, 1997. Pp. x+222. $26.95
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 104, Heft 2, S. 589-590
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 104, Heft 2, S. 589-590
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 103, Heft 1, S. 249-250
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 97, Heft 3, S. 905-907
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In: Journal of drug issues: JDI, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 285-303
ISSN: 1945-1369
The case of alcohol abuse and automobile accidents illustrates the moral and political nature of social problems. Knowledge about the causation of automobile accidents is socially organized to document and confirm an image of the alcohol-impaired driver as a public threat. This individualistic definition of the causation of automobile accidents is sustained by various organizations and agencies which claim "ownership" of this social problem and assume political responsibility for its control. Rather than taking the preveiling conceptions of causality and responsibility for granted, consideration of alternative frameworks for defining public problems is an important task for sociological analysis as well as a promising means for policy change.
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 86, Heft 1, S. 140-141
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 72, Heft 4, S. 429-430
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 72, Heft 3, S. 320-321
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 367, Heft 1, S. 209-210
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 71, Heft 6, S. 735-736
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 112, Heft 4, S. 1282-1283
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