Sarah Redshaw

In the Company of Cars (eBook, PDF)

Driving as a Social and Cultural Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Road safety research has traditionally involved a focus on individuals in which social norms are considered but rarely discussed in detail. Outlining the existing body of research on young drivers in particular, In the Company of Cars shows the contribution that considering road safety from a social and cultural perspective could make to the reduction of death and injury on the roads. It highlights the involvement of driving cultures, as distinct from car cultures, in the social framing of cars and the ways in which they are utilised.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317117797
• Artikelnr.: 49397466

Autorenporträt

Dr Sarah Redshaw has been conducting research projects for a number of years on the social and cultural issues related to young drivers and their over-representation in road casualties. She has been Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney and has collaborated with local councils, government departments and other organisations. She has employed social and cultural theory to better understand important areas of social/everyday life in ways that might have direct implications for policy. The significant impact of the research in the community and within the road safety field has been demonstrated in invitations to submit to Federal and State government inquiries and to consult with government departments.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword, Tim Dant
Preface
Introduction: cars and their associations
Enticing cars and driving styles
Inscribing driving: boredom and pleasure on the roads
Cultured drivers
Driven by desire
Dilemmas of the car
An ethical future of mobility
Bibliography
Index.