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Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview

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  • William Housley
  • Richard Fitzgerald

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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.

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  • William Housley & Richard Fitzgerald, 2003. "Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 8(2), pages 18-26, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:8:y:2003:i:2:p:18-26
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.795
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    1. William Housley, 1999. "Role as an Interactional Device and Resource in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 4(3), pages 82-95, September.
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    1. Jonathan Clifton, 2009. "A Membership Categorization Analysis of the Waco Siege: Perpetrator-Victim Identity as a Moral Discrepancy Device for ‘Doing’ Subversion," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 14(5), pages 38-48, November.

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