The politics of blame avoidance in complex delegation structures: the public transport crisis in Berlin
The politics of blame avoidance in complex delegation structures: the public transport crisis in Berlin
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复杂代表团结构中避免指责的政治：柏林的公共交通危机
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kai Wegrich
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作者：
Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich
摘要本文分析了在复杂的授权结构中责备的公共归因和避免责备的表象策略的使用。我们的理论和经验表明，复杂的授权结构的结果，在扩散的责任，以多个行动者，使一个明确的责任分配变得更加困难。文章表明，公众归咎于遵循一个独特的时间模式，其中政治家只是逐渐进入指责风暴的中心。我们还发现，责任承担者部署表象管理的顺序模式，并使用指责转移到其他演员作为一种主导策略。然而，分析表明，复杂的授权结构限制了责备者使用责备避免策略，并且随着时间的推移，顺序呈现管理变得不那么有用。本文运用媒体内容分析法对德国柏林公共交通系统重大危机中的指责游戏进行了研究。
Abstract The article analyses the public attribution of blame and the use of presentational strategies of blame avoidance in complex delegation structures. We theorize and empirically demonstrate that complex delegation structures result in the diffusion of blame to multiple actors so that a clear allocation of responsibility becomes more difficult. The article shows that public attribution of blame follows a distinct temporal pattern in which politicians only gradually move into the centre of the blame storm. We also find that blame-takers deploy sequential patterns of presentational management and use blame shifting to other actors as a dominant strategy. However, the analysis suggests that complex delegation structures impose limitations on blame-takers’ use of blame avoidance strategies, and that sequential presentational management becomes less useful over time. The article uses media content analysis to study blame games during a major crisis of the public transport system in Berlin, Germany.