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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. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Acknowledgments

  4. List of Abbreviations

  5. 1How Political Systems Manage Their Policy Controversies

    1. 1.1Setting the Scene: When Political Systems ‘Heat Up’ to Address the Controversial

    2. 1.2Political Systems and Their Peculiar Ways of Managing Policy Controversies

    3. 1.3Goals and Outline of the Book

    4. 1.4Strategy of Inquiry

  6. 2Blame Games in the Political Sphere

    1. 2.1More Than Routine Political Business: Blame Games as Distinct Political Events

    2. 2.2A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of Blame Games

  7. 3Blame Games in the UK

    1. 3.1The Child Support Agency Operation Controversy (CSA)

    2. 3.2The London Underground Renovation Controversy (METRONET)

    3. 3.3The Millennium Dome Controversy (DOME)

    4. 3.4The UK Blame Game Style

  8. 4Blame Games in Germany

    1. 4.1The National Socialist Underground Investigation Controversy (NSU)

    2. 4.2The Berlin Airport Construction Controversy (BER)

    3. 4.3The Drone Procurement Controversy (DRONE)

    4. 4.4The German Blame Game Style

  9. 5Blame Games in Switzerland

    1. 5.1The Youth Offender Therapy Controversy (CARLOS)

    2. 5.2The Corporate Tax Reform Controversy (TAX)

    3. 5.3The National Exposition Controversy (EXPO)

    4. 5.4The Swiss Blame Game Style

  10. 6Mapping the Influence of Institutional Factors

    1. 6.1Political Interaction Structure

    2. 6.2Institutionalized Accountability Structures

    3. 6.3Institutional Policy Characteristics

  11. 7Mapping the Influence of Issue Characteristics

    1. 7.1Distant-Salient Blame Games

    2. 7.2Proximate-Nonsalient Blame Games

    3. 7.3Distant-Nonsalient Blame Games

    4. 7.4Issue Characteristics and Their Influence on Blame Game Interactions

  12. 8A Typological Theory of Blame Games and Their Consequences

    1. 8.1Constructing a Typological Theory

    2. 8.2Political Systems and How They Manage Policy Controversies

  13. 9Blame Games and Their Implications for Politics and Democracy under Pressure

    1. 9.1What This Book Has to Say about Blame Games

    2. 9.2The Study of Blame Games and Its Wider Implications

  14. Appendix

  15. Notes

  16. References

  17. Index

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  • Markus Hinterleitner, Brown University, Rhode Island
  • Book: Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games
  • Online publication: 30 October 2020
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