Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 226 pages)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1282964534
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9780691129952
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9781282964532
Content:
The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services. Arguing that the blaming phenomenon is not all bad, Hood demonstrates that it can actually help to pin down responsibility, and he examines diffe
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; PART ONE: Blame, Credit, and Trust in Executive Government; CHAPTER ONE: Credit Claiming, Blame Avoidance, and Negativity Bias; CHAPTER TWO: Players in the Blame Game: Inside the World of Blame Avoidance; PART TWO: Avoiding Blame: Three Basic Strategies; CHAPTER THREE: Presentational Strategies: Winning the Argument, Drawing a Line, Changing the Subject, and Keeping a Low Profile; CHAPTER FOUR: Agency Strategies: Direct or Delegate, Choose or Inherit?; CHAPTER FIVE: Policy or Operational Strategies
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CHAPTER SIX: The Institutional Dynamics of Blameworld: A New Teflon Era?PART THREE: Living in a World of Blame Avoidance; CHAPTER SEVEN: Mixing and Matching Blame-Avoidance Strategies; CHAPTER EIGHT: Democracy, Good Governance, and Blame Avoidance; CHAPTER NINE: The Last Word; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400836819
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282964321
Additional Edition:
Print version The Blame Game Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Author information:
Hood, Christopher 1947-
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