Blame avoidance in comparative perspective: reactivity, staged retreat and efficacy
Building on blame-avoidance analysis, this paper develops a method to assess the reactivity, sequencing and efficacy of defensive responses by officeholders facing a crisis of personal blame, analysing cases drawn from four advanced democracies. It tests the hypotheses that officeholders: react by p...
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| Language: | English |
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2015-12-28.
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