Issue Definition, Conflict Expansion, and Tort Reform

Lessons from the American General Aviation Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID6330693
AuthorsScott E Tarry (University of Nebraska at Omaha, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume29
Issue4
Pages571-587
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.2001.tb02111.x
OpenAlexW2129998550
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited9

This article examines the concepts of issue definition and conflict expansion through an analysis of the debate over tort reform in the general aviation industry. More specifically, the article studies the efforts of the general aviation manufacturers to define the issue of tort reform in ways that strengthened their unlikely coalition with important consumer groups and minimized opposition from organized labor, which typically sides with the plaintiffs bar in the tort reform debate. The case is intriguing because it provides more than just a snapshot of the industry's efforts. The analysis begins by examining some of the manufacturers’ less successful strategies and traces the evolution of their campaign, which culminates in the rather clever use of issue definition and conflict expansion strategies for which the trial lawyers were unprepared to match. In the end, effective use of these strategies overcame what appeared to most observers to he a classic political mismatch

Aviation · Civil aviation · Economics · Law and economics · Liability · Opposition (politics · Plaintiff · Political science · Politics · Tort · Tort reform · Criminal Law and Evidence · Engineering · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues

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