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The Blame Game : Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government /

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 analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hood, Christopher, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400836819