Categories of Ownership and Responsibility in Social Issues: Alcohol Abuse and Automobile Use
Categories of Ownership and Responsibility in Social Issues: Alcohol Abuse and Automobile Use
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社会问题中所有权和责任的类别：酗酒和汽车使用
DOI：
10.1177/002204267500500403
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发表时间：
1975
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
J. Gusfield
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作者：
J. Gusfield
酗酒和汽车事故的案例说明了社会问题的道德和政治性质。有关汽车事故起因的知识是社会组织起来的，目的是记录和确认酒驾司机对公众构成威胁的形象。这种对汽车事故原因的个人主义定义得到了各种组织和机构的支持，这些组织和机构声称对这一社会问题拥有“所有权”，并承担控制这一问题的政治责任。与其将普遍存在的因果关系和责任概念视为理所当然，不如考虑界定公共问题的其他框架，这是社会学分析的一项重要任务，也是改变政策的一种有希望的手段。
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.