Testing times: Exploring staged responses and the impact of blame management strategies in two examination fiasco cases

This article examines the responses of ministers facing high levels of blame in the press after serious failures in the public exam system for school-leavers in Scotland in 2000 and England in 2002. It develops a method for systematic analysis and comparison of the behaviour of officeholders facing...

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Main Authors: Hood, C, Jennings, W, Dixon, R, Hogwood, B, Beeston, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009