Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000)
Sociological research on interest groups has thoroughly investigated the domain of “quiet politics,” where corporations act through some discrete means of political action. There is much less work on the ways in which business groups mobilize the mass public on their behalf. I work on this subject t...
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| description | Sociological research on interest groups has thoroughly investigated the domain of “quiet politics,” where corporations act through some discrete means of political action. There is much less work on the ways in which business groups mobilize the mass public on their behalf. I work on this subject through the lens of a classical case study of public problems dealing with traffic accidents in the United States. The study is based on a large amount of archival material and more than eighty interviews. It reveals significant nuances in the ways in which auto manufacturers and large insurers have mobilized the mass public over an eighty-year period. Some put the emphasis on scientific evidence to insist on vehicle safety, while others refer to moral arguments related to drivers’ behaviour. This result sheds light on the development of a political market for public problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1b22ea7ae314941b74c292d0045e42d2024-02-13T13:01:53ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77961710.4000/regulation.11084Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000)Stève BernardinSociological research on interest groups has thoroughly investigated the domain of “quiet politics,” where corporations act through some discrete means of political action. There is much less work on the ways in which business groups mobilize the mass public on their behalf. I work on this subject through the lens of a classical case study of public problems dealing with traffic accidents in the United States. The study is based on a large amount of archival material and more than eighty interviews. It reveals significant nuances in the ways in which auto manufacturers and large insurers have mobilized the mass public over an eighty-year period. Some put the emphasis on scientific evidence to insist on vehicle safety, while others refer to moral arguments related to drivers’ behaviour. This result sheds light on the development of a political market for public problems.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11084United Statespublic problembusiness groupsmoralexpertiserisks |
| spellingShingle | Stève Bernardin Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) Revue de la Régulation United States public problem business groups moral expertise risks |
| title | Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) |
| title_full | Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) |
| title_fullStr | Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) |
| title_short | Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000) |
| title_sort | steve bernardin la fabrique privee d un probleme public la securite routiere entre industriels et assureurs aux etats unis annees 1920 a 2000 |
| topic | United States public problem business groups moral expertise risks |
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