Who gets the blame? How policymakers in the EU shift responsibility when things go wrong

Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim (2020) Who gets the blame? How policymakers in the EU shift responsibility when things go wrong. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (30 Jan 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

EU membership provides ample opportunities for politicians at the national level to shift blame for unpopular decisions to the EU's institutions, while EU-level actors also have an incentive to blame national politicians when things go wrong. Drawing on a new study, Tim Heinkelmann-Wild explains how these blame-avoidance processes function in practice.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2020 15:45
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 01:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103585

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