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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Markus Hinterleitner
Markus Hinterleitner
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Brown University, Rhode Island

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Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games , pp. 245 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020
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Index

accountability structures 28, 141
Affordable Care Act 1
agencification 30, 67, 72
agency strategies 22
agenda, political 2, 3, 20, 101, 154, 205
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 164
antiestablishment feelings 203
attitude of incumbents 23, 147, 155, 172
BDP, see Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP)
Bennett, Andrew 177, 178
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) 79
Blair, Tony 42, 59
blame avoidance 193, 197
blame barriers 8, 141, 182, 186
blame deflection 37, 148, 173
blame game style 5, 9, 11, 190, 201
German 97, 106, 139, 186
stability over time 194
Swiss 130, 138, 140, 187
UK 66, 72, 139, 186
blame game, definition of 1, 18
blame gateways 141, 186
blame management 22, 24
Germany 107
Switzerland 138
UK 72
blaming, definition of 21
Boin, Arjen 4
Bovens, Mark 3
Brexit 199
Brown, Gordon 47, 51, 69
Bundeswehr (German armed forces) 88
Bush, George W. 156, 158
Cameron, David 68
case selection strategy 12
causal diagram 181
CDU, see Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
chancellors 74, 88, 97
Child Support Agency (CSA) 40
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 74, 82, 87, 88, 103
Christian-Democratic Party (CVP) 110, 113, 119, 126
citizens, role of 203
cleavages, electoral 190
collegiality principle 28, 114, 122, 129
comparative-historical analysis 11
complexity of blame games 23
conflict management 8, 25, 187, 190
conflictual politics 5, 7, 185
Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP) 119
Conservative Party (UK), see Tories
conventions of resignation 28, 46, 67, 100
cost overruns 79, 128
Couchepin, Pascal 127
credit claiming 174, 193, 197
crisis management 4
CSA, see Child Support Agency (CSA)
cultural policy 128
CVP, see Christian-Democratic Party (CVP)
Dahl, Robert 200
Darling, Alistair 41
decision-making biases 196
democracy 7, 10, 24, 200, 205
democratic responsiveness 204
Democrats 157, 159
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 149
depoliticization 67, 72
dichotomization 178
elections 3, 19, 36, 204
electoral connection 3, 203
emotions, leveraging of 145
energy policy 164
Falconer, Lord 59
FDP, see Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Federal Council 29, 114, 123, 130
Field, Frank 42
Flinders, Matthew 55
focusing events 4
Food and Drug Administration, US 157
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 74, 103
generalizability 15, 192
George, Alexander L. 177, 178
Germany 27, 29, 73, 106, 139, 182, 186
government 18
green energy 164
Green Party, German 75, 82, 86, 92, 95, 102
Green Party, Swiss 110, 113, 118, 127
Hacker, Jacob 23, 40, 202
Hague, William 60
Hammond, Philip 43
Hart, Paul ’t 3
Heclo, Hugh 19
Heseltine, David 63
Hirschman, Albert 8, 25, 187, 205
Hood, Christopher 5, 10, 18, 21, 22, 44
ideas about policies 198
immigration crisis, German 3
incumbents 22, 33
inquiry commission 92, 97, 101
inquiry reports 55
institutions 6, 8, 26, 185, 187
interaction effects 143, 181
intercultural differences 194
investigation failure 73
issue characteristics 33, 188
Japan 194
Kennedy, Edward 157
Kerry, John 157
Kirchheimer, Otto 200
Künast, Renate 103
Labour Party 41, 44, 47, 52, 56, 69
Left Party, German 75, 94, 105
Leyen, Ursula von der 93
Liberal Democrats 42, 43, 46, 52, 55, 60, 63, 68
Liberal Party, Swiss (FDP) 110, 113, 118, 126, 135, see Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Lijphart, Arend 201
Livingstone, Ken 50
lobbying affair, Swiss 1
London Underground 47
Lowi, Theodore 19
Maizière, Thomas de 91
Mandelson, Peter 59, 62
mass persuasion situations 33
Mayhew, David 3, 203
media, role of the 35
systems 35, 195
Merkel, Angela 74, 88
method of analysis 11
Metronet 50
ministerial responsibility, doctrine of 28
National Audit Office 43, 52
National Health Service (NHS) 68
National Socialist Underground (NSU) 73
natural disasters 4, 19, 36, 193
New Labour 59, 62
New Millennium Exhibition Company 56
New Public Management 30
newspaper coverage of blame games 16
Nicholson, David 69
normative judgments 203
norms, democratic 5, 7, 169, 192, 194, 198, 199
Obama, Barack 1, 149, 150, 164, 165, 194
opponents 21, 33
opposition 18
organized interests 18
parliamentary committees, role of 67, 186
Parsons, Craig 31, 39, 196
parties, political 18, 194
Pierson, Paul 3, 23, 202
polarization 2, 7, 199
policy change 4, 21, 24, 72, 79, 120, 133, 179
policy controversies 3, 6, 19, 20, 32, 190
management of 3, 6, 20
policy drift 40
policy failures 19, 190
policy learning 4, 21
policy process 4
policy strategies 22
policy styles 4
political competition 2
political system 184
politicization 19
politics of pain 20, 193
popularity of political actors 197
populism 2, 7, 199
power 8, 144
presentational strategies 23
presidents 1, 150, 158, 164, 165, 194
prime ministers 42, 47, 51, 59, 68
privatization 55
procurement failure 88
proximity of a controversy 8, 32
psychological explanations of blame game interactions 195
public feedback 16, 33, 35, 177, 178, 180
public finance initiative (PFI) 47, 53
public health fiasco 157
public holding 79
public–private partnership (PPP) 47
public, role of the 31, 34
rationality 196
reframing 23, 148, 152, 155, 160, 163, 173
Republicans 149, 159, 164
research design 11
resignation of politicians 142, 179
resignation, conventions of 96, 139
resources of political actors 197
routine politics 5, 185
salami tactics 128
salience of a controversy 8, 32
scandalization 19, 35, 190
scandals 3, 12, 19, 178, 190
food 102
personal 19, 171, 192, 197
Schattschneider, E.E. 8, 19, 24, 32, 187, 201
Schäuble, Wolfgang 74, 75
Schram, Sanford 33, 36
security policy 134
Seibel, Wolfgang 74
Shinseki, Eric 149
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 74, 82, 92, 95, 102
Social Democrats (SP) 110, 113, 114, 118, 126
social media 195
Soss, Joe 33, 36
South Korea 194
SP, see Social Democrats (SP)
SPD, see Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Stafford Hospital 68
SVP, see Swiss People’s Party (SVP)
Swiss People’s Party (SVP) 110, 113, 118, 126, 127, 134
Switzerland 27, 29, 108, 138, 140, 183, 187
symbolic activism 145, 152
tabloids 16
tax reform 114
terrorist attacks 4, 19, 77
Tories 43, 46, 51, 52, 55, 60, 63, 68
Trumpism 199
typological theory 177, 184
UK 27, 29, 40, 72, 139, 181, 186
USA 27, 29, 145
vaccine shortage 156
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 149
Vis, Barbara 196
Weaver, Kent 10, 19, 22, 30, 193, 197, 198
welfare state retrenchment 193
Widmer-Schlumpf, Eveline 118
Wolmar, Christian 54
Wowereit, Klaus 82
youth crime 112

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  • Markus Hinterleitner, Brown University, Rhode Island
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  • Index
  • Markus Hinterleitner, Brown University, Rhode Island
  • Book: Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games
  • Online publication: 30 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108860116.013
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