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The Blame Game: Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
Christopher Hood
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Description for The Blame Game: Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
Hardback. 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. This title takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
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 different kinds of blame avoidance, both positive and negative. Hood traces ... Read more
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 different kinds of blame avoidance, both positive and negative. Hood traces ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691129952
SKU
V9780691129952
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About Christopher Hood
Christopher Hood is the Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College, Oxford. His books include "The Limits of Administration", "The Tools of Government", and "The Art of the State".
Reviews for The Blame Game: Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
"In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood identifies one of the most common gripes that citizens have about bureaucracy and government, namely, that no one in either accepts responsibility for making mistakes of omission or commission. In this brief and often illuminating book, Hood explores the diverse and insidious ways in which ducking blame manifests in public life."
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