Reconciling perspectives on blame avoidance behaviour

M Hinterleitner - Political Studies Review, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Blame avoidance behaviour (BAB) has become an increasingly popular topic in political
science. However, the preconditions of BAB, its presence and consequences in various …

[ספר][B] Public policy: A new introduction

C Knill, J Tosun - 2020‏ - books.google.com
A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

Understanding blame politics in China's decentralized system of environmental governance: actors, strategies and context

R Ran - The China Quarterly, 2017‏ - cambridge.org
Decentralized environmental governance theory suggests that decentralization can produce
better environmental performance mainly because lower-level governments are closer to the …

[ספר][B] Policy controversies and political blame games

M Hinterleitner - 2020‏ - library.oapen.org
In modern, policy-heavy democracies, blame games about policy controversies are
commonplace. Despite their ubiquity, blame games are notoriously difficult to study. This …

Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: Of foxes and lions

M Hinterleitner, F Sager - European political science review, 2017‏ - cambridge.org
Blame avoidance behavior (BAB) encompasses all kinds of integrity-protecting activities by
officeholders in the face of potentially blame-attracting events. Although considered …

Strategic communication by regulatory agencies as a form of reputation management: A strategic agenda

M Maor - Public Administration, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
This article develops a strategic agenda concerning regulatory agencies' strategic
communication in light of the reputation literature. It highlights the main strands in this …

Introduction: the scope and focus of policy process research and theories

CM Weible - Theories of the policy process, 2023‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Policy process research refers to the study of public policies and the complex interactions
involving people and organizations, events, contexts, and outcomes over time. It involves …

Blame avoidance and credit-claiming dynamics in government policy communications: Evidence from Leadership Tweets in Four OECD Countries during the 2020 …

C Leong, M Howlett, M Safaei - Policy and Society, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Government information activities are often thought to be motivated by a classic calculus of
blame minimization and credit maximization. However, the precise interactions of “blame” …

The discursive micro-politics of blame avoidance: Unpacking the language of government blame games

S Hansson - Policy Sciences, 2018‏ - Springer
Policymakers often engage in blame avoidance behaviour that affects the ways in which
they structure their organisations, adopt policies and operating routines, and present their …

On credit and blame: Disentangling the motivations of public policy decision-making behaviour

C Leong, M Howlett - Policy Sciences, 2017‏ - Springer
While the idea that policy-makers are motivated by the desire to earn “credit” for their work
has a long history, policy studies since Weaver (J Public Policy 6 (4): 371–398, 1986) have …