The politics of tsunami responses: comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia

Brändström, Annika; Kuipers, Sanneke; Daléus, Pär

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511756122.005

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“…Table 1 provides an overview of the literature on BAB along the two dimensions outlined above. (Pierson, 1994(Pierson, , 1996 BAB as a means of pursuing risky reforms (Vis, 2016) Arms-length institutional bodies that displace blame (Fiorina, 1982;Horn, 1995) Indexing provisions that limit budgetary discretion (Weaver, 1988) Opposition of policies that impose large and direct costs (Arnold, 1990) Blame-decreasing organizational responses to demands for transparency (Hood and Rothstein, 2001) Responsibility-blurring governance vacuums in multi-level systems (Bache et al, 2015) Reactive BAB Justification for retrenchment and its effects (Mortensen, 2012;Wenzelburger and Hörisch, 2016) Blame-deflecting effects of political accounts (McGraw, 1991) Cabinet officials as 'lightning rods' (Ellis, 1994) Blame management after crisis situations (Bovens et al, 1999;Brändström and Kuipers, 2003;Brändström et al, 2008;Hood et al, 2009;Boin et al, 2010;Moynihan, 2012;Brändström, 2015) Commissions of inquiry for blame avoidance reasons (Sulitzeanu-Kenan, 2010) Blame attribution effects of public sector reforms (Mortensen, 2013b) Conceptualizing BAB…”

Section: Four Worlds Of Blame Avoidancementioning

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Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions

Hinterleitner

Sager

2016

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Blame avoidance behavior (BAB) encompasses all kinds of integrity-protecting activities by officeholders in the face of potentially blame-attracting events. Although considered essential for a realistic understanding of politics and policymaking, a general understanding of this multi-faceted behavioral phenomenon and its implications has been lacking to date. We argue that this is due to the lack of careful conceptualization of various forms of BAB. Crucially, the difference between anticipatory and reactive forms of BAB is largely neglected in the literature. This paper links anticipatory and reactive forms of BAB as two consecutive decision situations. It exposes dependence relationships between the situations that trigger BAB, the rationalities at work, the resources and strategies applied by blame-avoiding actors, and the various consequences thereof. The paper concludes that anticipatory and reactive BAB are distinct phenomena that require specific research approaches to assess their relevance for the workings of polities.

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Section: Four Worlds Of Blame Avoidancementioning

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Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions

Hinterleitner

Sager

2016

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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“…In this respec documentary records modify reality by constructing the severity of, and the agency and responsibility for, event (cf. Brandström et al, 2008;Raška et al, 2014). Moreover, the availability of documentary data vari highly through time (Guzzetti et al, 1994), and therefore affects the reliability of any time-series of social impacts.…”

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“…Secondly, the combination of different sources (Raška et al, 2014) and agenda setting in sources with editorial boards and/or documents underpinned by political, economic or social goals, result in significant variations in the language style and structure (e.g. McCombs and Shaw, 1972;Brandström et al, 2008). Finding a standardized sequence of reports on social impacts and disaster relief is possible only in some cases (see for example, Raška and Brázdil, 2015, for a series of reports on historical disaster relief funding).…”

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Impacts of natural hazards on an early industrial community: A case study of North Bohemia and its implications for long-term vulnerability assessment

Raška

Dubišar

2017

Moravian Geographical Reports

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“…Om kritikken var omfattende, og utenrikstjenesten åpenbart opplevde et legitimitetstap, var allikevel reaksjonen i Norge (og også i Finland) mindre omfattende enn i Sverige (Brändström et al 2008), hvor lignende problemer ble lest inn i en større fortelling om svenskhet. Der ble den manglende krisehåndteringen ikke bare et spørsmål om manglende beredskap, den ble også lest som symptom på en brist i den svenske nasjonalkarakteren, og som et brudd med den svenske sosiale kontrakten (Buus 2011: 295-296, Brändström et al (2008 har et noe mindre dramatisk perspektiv).…”

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Viggo Vestel: I gråsonen. Ungdom og politisk ekstremisme i det nye Norge

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2017

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SAMMENDRAGDenne artikkelen diskuterer hva slags beskyttelsesplikt stater har overfor sine borgere, når de befinner seg utenfor statens grenser. Argumentene forankres i generelle utviklingstrekk for moderne stater, men hovedfokus er på den norske staten og norske borgere. Artikkelen reiser to problemstillinger, for det første hvordan det ble selvsagt at staten har en beskyttelsesplikt for borgere i utlandet, for det andre under hvilke forutsetninger og på hvilke måter dette ansvaret konkret kommer på den politiske dagsorden. Den første problemstillingen besvares historisk og komparativt, med vekt på utviklingen av lojalitetsbånd mellom stat og borgere og velferdsstatlig legitimitet knyttet til statens evne og vilje til å ta seg av sine borgere. Den andre problemstillingen besvares ved analyse av en rekke «kriser» fra det siste tiåret. Her vektlegges medias rolle i kriseartikulering, behovet for rask og synlig respons fra offentlige myndigheter og spenningen mellom behovet for å vise handlekraft og ønskene om at befolkingen skal ta større ansvar for seg selv på reise. NØKKELORD Krisehåndtering, diplomati, media, stat, borgere ENGLISH SUMMARY This article deals with the «duty of care» held by states for their citizens, when the citizens are abroad. The arguments are based on general developmental traits common to modern states, but the main case is the relationship between the Norwegian state and its citizens. The article raises two main questions, firstly how it became self-evident that the state has a duty of care for its citizens abroad, secondly under what circumstances and in which ways this duty is articulated and put on the political agenda. The first question is answered through an historical and comparative analysis, emphasizing how ties of loyalty between

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The politics of tsunami responses: comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia

Cited by 46 publications

References 18 publications

Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions

Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions

Impacts of natural hazards on an early industrial community: A case study of North Bohemia and its implications for long-term vulnerability assessment

Viggo Vestel: I gråsonen. Ungdom og politisk ekstremisme i det nye Norge

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