Journal article
Reactivity, staged retreat and efficacy in blame avoidance: a comparative analysis of four political scandals
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Building on blame avoidance analysis, this article 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 positive action rather than non-engagement when blame levels are high; respond in a ‘staged retreat’ sequence; and can reduce the level of blame they face from one day to another through choice of...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Economic and Social Research Council
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CentreforAnalysisofRisk
Regulation
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Public Administration Journal website
- Volume:
- 94
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 542–562
- Publication date:
- 2015-12-28
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-9299
- ISSN:
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0033-3298
- Source identifiers:
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597489
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- Local pid:
- pubs:597489
- Deposit date:
- 2016-01-26
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- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- © 2015 John Wiley and Sons Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: [10.1111/padm.12235].
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