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It’s the government, stupid: how governments blame citizens for their own policies

Dowding, Keith (2020) It’s the government, stupid: how governments blame citizens for their own policies. British Politics and Policy at LSE (02 Sep 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding argues that responsibility for many of our biggest social crises should be laid at the feet of politicians.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information: © 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2020 15:54
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 14:16
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106915

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