Buck passing
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Buck passing, or passing the buck, is the act of attributing to another person or group, one's own responsibility. It is often used to refer to a strategy in power politics whereby a state tries to get another state to deter or possibly fight an aggressor state while it remains on the sidelines.
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See also
- Button (poker)
- Bystander effect
- Command responsibility
- Deer in the headlights
- Peter principle
- Scapegoat
- Somebody else's problem
- Tragedy of the commons
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