George T Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 192046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George T Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | George T |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS G T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Speaking about accidents
Discourses about traffic accidents are limited by an ideology of automobility that has accompanied increased auto dependence and the hegemony of the automobile over social space. Risk analyses swing back and forth from targeting either human error or technical improvement. While both are important, the attribution of accident causation to systemic factors remains largely ignored. Even in targeting human error, focus is often restricted to causes …
The Welfare Industry
Takes sociological stock of American poverty and the efforts at reform in the 1960s and early 70s, focusing on urban public assistance and on efforts to improve the system -- particularly efforts that were pursued in the name of poor persons themselves. 'A well-organized but varied collection of research efforts to support the argument that two processes -- bureaucratization and professionalization -- alter poverty. The authors, eminently qualifi…
Stay Where You Were
Speaking about accidents
Discourses about traffic accidents are limited by an ideology of automobility that has accompanied increased auto dependence and the hegemony of the automobile over social space. Risk analyses swing back and forth from targeting either human error or technical improvement. While both are important, the attribution of accident causation to systemic factors remains largely ignored. Even in targeting human error, focus is often restricted to causes …
Stay Where You Were
The Welfare Industry
Takes sociological stock of American poverty and the efforts at reform in the 1960s and early 70s, focusing on urban public assistance and on efforts to improve the system -- particularly efforts that were pursued in the name of poor persons themselves. 'A well-organized but varied collection of research efforts to support the argument that two processes -- bureaucratization and professionalization -- alter poverty. The authors, eminently qualifi…
Speaking about accidents
Discourses about traffic accidents are limited by an ideology of automobility that has accompanied increased auto dependence and the hegemony of the automobile over social space. Risk analyses swing back and forth from targeting either human error or technical improvement. While both are important, the attribution of accident causation to systemic factors remains largely ignored. Even in targeting human error, focus is often restricted to causes …
Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Bureaucracy (1 works) · Causation (1 works) · Computer security (1 works)