Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between politics of accountability and
the politics of independent inquiries in the UK in the case of the Ritchie inquiry. The study suggests that related events around the time of the incident and the active role of professional campaigners and eloquent victims appear to have contributed importantly to the pressure on the government to appoint an inquiry. Yet an analysis of the inquiry report against to the limitations of its emphasis on operational aspects. The combination of intense public pressure coupled with investigative emphasis on operational matters (rather than policy) can account for the advent of mandatory inquiries into this type of incidents between 1994 and 2001.
the politics of independent inquiries in the UK in the case of the Ritchie inquiry. The study suggests that related events around the time of the incident and the active role of professional campaigners and eloquent victims appear to have contributed importantly to the pressure on the government to appoint an inquiry. Yet an analysis of the inquiry report against to the limitations of its emphasis on operational aspects. The combination of intense public pressure coupled with investigative emphasis on operational matters (rather than policy) can account for the advent of mandatory inquiries into this type of incidents between 1994 and 2001.
| Original language | American English |
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| Place of Publication | Washington, DC |
| Publisher | American Society for Public Administration |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Publication series
| Name | Accountability cases |
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