Questions about the causes of events, from terrorist attacks to mass shootings to economic and public health crises dominate conversations across the US. Recent

Analyses and compares political blame games in Western democracies to show how democratic political systems manage policy controversies.

How often do we hear that Americans are so ignorant about politics that their civic competence is impaired, and that the media are to blame because they do a di

First published in 1992, this volume follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in Purity and Danger. The first half of the book