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 [['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined]]

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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.