作者
David J Houston, Lilliard E Richardson Jr
发表日期
2000/8
期刊
Policy Studies Journal
卷号
28
期号
3
页码范围
485-501
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
简介
In light of 121 deaths attributed to air bag deployments, mainly to children and adults of small stature, recent policy debate has focused on modifying current Federal automotive air bag regulations. A problem definition perspective is employed to understand the nature of this debate. Utilizing a content analysis of the official record of one U.S. House and two U. S. Senate hearings, it is argued that four problem definitions characterize the debate over air bag safety: behavioral, regulatory, technological, and corporate greed. Furthermore, it is argued that a problem definition perspective offers a better explanation of recent changes to Federal air bag regulations than do pluralist, elitist, and principal‐agent models.
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