Blame avoidance, scapegoats and spin: Why Dutch politicians won’t evaluate ZBO-outcomes
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DOI: 10.1177/09520767211022490
Abstract: Despite high expectations about the results of agencification and a legal obligation to evaluate executive agencies, ministers and MPs seem not very interested in evaluating agencies’ results. Hood’s theory on blame avoidance is used to… read more here.
Keywords: avoidance scapegoats; scapegoats spin; dutch politicians; spin dutch ... See more keywords