| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Blame, credit, and trust in executive government -- Credit claiming, blame avoidance, and negativity bias -- Players in the blame game : inside the world of blame avoidance -- Avoiding blame : three basic strategies -- Presentational strategies : winning the argument, drawing a line, changing the subject, and keeping a low profile -- Agency strategies : direct or delegate, choose or inherit? -- Policy or operational strategies -- The institutional dynamics of blameworld : a new teflon era? -- Living in a world of blame avoidance -- Mixing and matching blame-avoidance strategies -- Democracy, good governance, and blame-avoidance -- The last word. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Government accountability.
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Government accountability. |
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Blame -- Political aspects.
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Blame -- Political aspects. |
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Blame. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hood, Christopher, 1947- Blame game. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691129952 (DLC) 2010031676 (OCoLC)587248969 |
| ISBN |
9781400836819 (electronic book) |
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1400836816 (electronic book) |
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9780691129952 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0691129959 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612964534 |
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