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dc.contributor.authorHinterleitner, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-08T11:25:41Z
dc.date.available2021-07-08T11:25:41Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20210708_9781108860116_6
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49789
dc.description.abstractIn modern, policy-heavy democracies, blame games about policy controversies are commonplace. Despite their ubiquity, blame games are notoriously difficult to study. This book elevates them to the place they deserve in the study of politics and public policy. Blame games are microcosms of conflictual politics that yield unique insights into democracies under pressure. Based on an original framework and the comparison of fifteen blame games in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and the US, it exposes the institutionalized forms of conflict management that democracies have developed to manage policy controversies. Whether failed infrastructure projects, food scandals, security issues, or flawed policy reforms, democracies manage policy controversies in an idiosyncratic manner. This book is addressed not only to researchers and students interested in political conflict in the fields of political science, public policy, public administration, and political communication, but to everyone concerned about the functioning of democracy in more conflictual times. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherblame games
dc.subject.otherpolitical conflict
dc.subject.otherpolicy controversies
dc.subject.othercomparative-historical analysis
dc.titlePolicy Controversies and Political Blame Games
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1017/9781108860116
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7607a2d0-47af-490f-9d2a-8c9340266f8a
oapen.relation.isFundedBy07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26
oapen.relation.isbn9781108860116
oapen.collectionSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
oapen.place.publicationCambridge/New York
oapen.grant.number10BP12_191172
oapen.grant.programOpen Access Books
oapen.grant.projectPolicy Controversies and Political Blame Games


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