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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Main Author: Stève Bernardin
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2015-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11084
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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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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
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11084
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