Credit claiming, blame avoidance, and negativity bias
Players in the blame game : inside the world of blame avoidance
Presentational strategies : winning the argument, drawing a line, changing the subject, and keeping a low profile
Agency strategies : direct or delegate, choose or inherit?
Policy or operational strategies
The institutional dynamics of blameworld : a new teflon era?
Mixing and matching blame-avoidance strategies
Democracy, good governance, and blame-avoidance
The last word.
The blame game : spin, bureaucracy, and self-preservation in government by Christopher Hood. ISBN 9780691129952. Published by Princeton University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.