It is not clear what effect that scapegoating would have on policy.

Yet even the most transparent scapegoating of Georgia seems to sell.

And, he wonders: Does the scapegoating actually assist society by keeping people out of the work force?

He feels that he's going to take the brunt of the scapegoating, and I agree.

The scapegoating has become more pronounced during the period since Indonesia's independence.

In such an environment, the scapegoating and blaming that poison so many schools cannot exist.

The process of 'scapegoating' can make therapeutic intervention difficult unless the parents acknowledge what is happening.

Many army officers were irate at what they saw as the scapegoating of one of their own.

"The only thing I see is political scapegoating.

The accusations of scapegoating came as a surprise.

Exactly who will vote for Labour if they don't make a stand against the selling off of this country and the scapegoating of the disadvantaged?

This focus has its value because it puts restraints on the "blame Japan" approach with attendant scapegoating.

Fury at the country's impotence led to the scapegoating and hanging of three innocent English sailors.

For many, justification that blacks have lower intelligence quotients perpetuates the scapegoating.

Consistent scapegoating, dumping of negative emotions and other abusive patterns have no place in a caring relationship.

His departure seems mainly a matter of the most convenient time for the inevitable scapegoating of Soviet politics.

The message that needs to be conveyed, he adds, is that scapegoating does nothing to solve the problems of blacks.

The scapegoating of one child in a family is a classic pattern of child abuse, experts say.

In fractional scapegoating, the speaker blames a specific group or a specific person for their problems.

In such scapegoating, aggression may be displaced onto people with little or no connection with what is causing anger.

The comic serves as a satirical examination of cultural scapegoating, often seen in Goad's writing.

And scapegoating has led to disaster.

Ms. Brown said that the Wilson advertisements were "cheap, inflammatory political scapegoating."

The new urban middle class welcomes a less ethnocentric Russia, and there is little popular sympathy for ethnic scapegoating.

The scapegoating of the miniskirt serves as a reminder that when fashion rules, actual rulers get nervous.

They had been made scapegoats for the party, he said.

Are you looking for the truth or just a scapegoat?

And if things went wrong then he had his scapegoat.

Ever get the feeling you've been used as the scapegoat?

He said teachers were scapegoats for the state's economic problems.

A lot of people are probably going to be made scapegoats.

I guess the scapegoat idea is a bit over my head.

So I'm being set up in case a scapegoat is needed.

The community group and the police are making him a scapegoat, he said.

He was the scapegoat, his death to take the place of another's.

And you, for doing things the right way, have been made an international scapegoat.

Somebody made him out to be a fall guy, so he's looking for a scapegoat of his own.

What do you think'll happen the next time they need a scapegoat to cover up something else they've done wrong?

It must be time to look east again for scapegoats.

"They were just trying to make the public the scapegoat."

It is easy to find a scapegoat for our problems.

Well, this time she was not going to play scapegoat.

Then when things went wrong, everyone started looking for scapegoats"."

When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat.

In each case, they have a ready scapegoat – the government.

I am to be your scapegoat where the law is concerned.

You are absolutely right, but exactly who is making them the scapegoat?

"I felt like our young guys were kind of scapegoats in a way."

A senior group member said the government was trying to find a scapegoat.

One can see that scapegoating goes right back into history.