Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 226 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781282964532
,
9781400836819
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691129952
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hood, Christopher, 1947 - The blame game Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2011 ISBN 9780691129952
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Politische Verantwortung
;
Verwaltung
;
Bürokratie
;
Verwaltungshandeln
;
Organisationshandeln
Author information:
Hood, Christopher 1947-
