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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Markus Hinterleitner
Markus Hinterleitner
Affiliation:
Brown University, Rhode Island

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Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games , pp. xiii - xiv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020
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Abbreviations

BDP

Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei [Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland]

BER

Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg [Berlin Brandenburg Airport]

BMVEL

German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Nutrition and Agriculture

CDU

Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands [Christian Democratic Union of Germany]

CEO

chief executive officer

CHA

comparative-historical analysis

CSA

Child Support Agency

CTR

corporate tax reform

CVP

Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei [Christian Democratic People’s Party of Switzerland]

FDP

Freie Demokratische Partei [Free Democratic Party of Germany]

FDP.Die Liberalen [Free Democratic Party of Switzerland]

HCT

health care targeting (system)

MOB

March on Bern (security controversy)

NHS

National Health Service

NSU

National Socialist Underground

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PFI

public finance initiative

PPP

public–private partnership

SP

Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz [Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]

SPD

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [Social Democratic Party of Germany]

SVP

Schweizerische Volkspartei [Swiss People’s Party]

UK

United Kingdom

USA

United States of America

VA

(Department of) Veterans Affairs

VHA

Veterans Health Administration

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