TY  - GEN
T1  - Policy controversies and political blame games
T2  - Cambridge studies in comparative public policy.
A1  - Hinterleitner, Markus, 1987-
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781108860116
AB  - In 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.
OP  - 248
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
CN  - JA75.7 .H555 2020
SN  - 9781108860116 (ebook)
SN  - 9781108494861 (hardback)
SN  - 9781108816441 (paperback)
SN  - 9781108494861
KW  - Political culture : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Comparative government.
KW  - Democracy : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Opposition (Political science) : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Political planning : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Crisis management in government : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Blame : Political aspects : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Government accountability : Western countries : Case studies.
KW  - Western countries : Politics and government.
ER  -