Moral discrepancy and political discourse: Accountability and the allocation of blame in a political news interview

Housley, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-9093 and Fitzgerald, R. 2003. Moral discrepancy and political discourse: Accountability and the allocation of blame in a political news interview. Sociological Research Online 8 (2)

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Abstract

During the course of this article we intend to explore some issues surrounding government policy and actions and the moral organisation of political discourse surrounding the recent enquiry into the BSE crisis and the publication of the Phillips Report in the UK. More specifically, we wish to develop the concept of moral discrepancy and it's use in politically accountable settings, in this case the political interview. The paper, through the use of membership categorisation analysis, explores issues surrounding the social organisation of interview settings, the discursive management of policy decisions and 'bureaucratic mistakes' and the allocation of blame in situated media/political formats. The paper then relates these issues to notions of democracy-in-action, public ethics and the respecification of structure and agency as a members phenomenon.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Sociological Research Online
ISSN:	1360-7804
Related URLs:	http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journ...
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 08:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72222

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