Historique
Livre
The culture of public problems: Drinking-driving and the symbolic order
Auteur(s) :
GUSFIELD, J. R.
Année
1981
Page(s) :
263 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Chicago : University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
978-0-226-31094-7
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Thésaurus mots-clés
ACCIDENT
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
ALCOOL
;
LEGISLATION
;
PHILOSOPHIE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note de contenu :
CONTENTS:
1. Introduction: The Culture of Public Problems
Part One - Rhetoric and Science: Creating Cognitive Order
2. The Organization of Public Consciousness
3. The Fiction and Drama of Public Reality
4. The Literary Art of Science: Comedy and Pathos In Drinking-Driver Research
Part Two - The Ritual of Law: Creating a Moral Order
5. Law as Public Culture
6. The Legal Myth of Social Order
7. The Drama of Public Action
8. The Perspective of Sociological Irony
1. Introduction: The Culture of Public Problems
Part One - Rhetoric and Science: Creating Cognitive Order
2. The Organization of Public Consciousness
3. The Fiction and Drama of Public Reality
4. The Literary Art of Science: Comedy and Pathos In Drinking-Driver Research
Part Two - The Ritual of Law: Creating a Moral Order
5. Law as Public Culture
6. The Legal Myth of Social Order
7. The Drama of Public Action
8. The Perspective of Sociological Irony
Résumé :
- "Everyone knows 'drunk driving' is a 'serious' offense. And yet, everyone knows lots of 'drunk drivers' who don't get involved in accidents, don't get caught by the police, and manage to compensate adequately for their 'drunken disability.' Everyone also knows of 'drunk drivers' who have been arrested and gotten off easy. Gusfield's book dissects the conventional wisdom about 'drinking-driving' and examines the paradox of a 'serious' offense that is usually treated lightly by the judiciary and rarely carries social stigma." - Mac Marshall, Social Science and Medicine.
- "A sophisticated and thoughtful critic, ... Gusfield argues that the 'myth of the killer drunk' is a creation of the 'public culture of law.'... Through its dramatic development and condemnation of the anti-social character of the drinking-driver, the public law strengthens the illusion of moral consensus in American society and celebrates the virtues of a sober and orderly world." - James D. Orcutt, Sociology and Social Research.
- "Joseph Gusfield denies neither the role of alcohol in highway accidents nor the need to do something about it. His point is that the research we conduct on drinking-driving and the laws we make to inhibit it tells us more about our moral order than about the effects of drinking-driving itself. Many will object to this conclusion, but none can ignore it. Indeed, the book will put many scientific and legal experts on the defensive as they face Gusfield's massive erudition, pointed analysis and criticism, and powerful argumentation. In The Culture of Public Problems, Gusfield presents the experts, and us, with a masterpiece of sociological reasoning." - Barry Schwartz, American Journal of Sociology.
- This book is truly an outstanding achievement. ... It is sociology of science, sociology of law, sociology of deviance, and sociology of knowledge. Sociologists generally should find the book of great theoretical interest, and it should stimulate personal reflection on their assumptions about science and the kind of consciousness it creates. They will also find that the book is a delight to read." - William B. Bankston, Social Forces.
- "A sophisticated and thoughtful critic, ... Gusfield argues that the 'myth of the killer drunk' is a creation of the 'public culture of law.'... Through its dramatic development and condemnation of the anti-social character of the drinking-driver, the public law strengthens the illusion of moral consensus in American society and celebrates the virtues of a sober and orderly world." - James D. Orcutt, Sociology and Social Research.
- "Joseph Gusfield denies neither the role of alcohol in highway accidents nor the need to do something about it. His point is that the research we conduct on drinking-driving and the laws we make to inhibit it tells us more about our moral order than about the effects of drinking-driving itself. Many will object to this conclusion, but none can ignore it. Indeed, the book will put many scientific and legal experts on the defensive as they face Gusfield's massive erudition, pointed analysis and criticism, and powerful argumentation. In The Culture of Public Problems, Gusfield presents the experts, and us, with a masterpiece of sociological reasoning." - Barry Schwartz, American Journal of Sociology.
- This book is truly an outstanding achievement. ... It is sociology of science, sociology of law, sociology of deviance, and sociology of knowledge. Sociologists generally should find the book of great theoretical interest, and it should stimulate personal reflection on their assumptions about science and the kind of consciousness it creates. They will also find that the book is a delight to read." - William B. Bankston, Social Forces.
Affiliation :
University of California, San Diego, USA
Cote :
L00177