An Extraordinary Scandal: The Westminster Expenses Crisis and Why it Still Matters
- Submitting institution
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School of Oriental and African Studies
: A - 22A Anthropology
- Unit of assessment
- 22 - Anthropology and Development Studies : A - 22A Anthropology
- Output identifier
- 31385
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- ISBN
- 9781912208753
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This research reveals why and how expenses became a scandal, from the perspectives of those involved: politicians, officials and journalists. Conducted with the official managing the Commons’ ‘Fees’ office in 2009, as an innovative form of collaborative ethnography, it relied on close analysis of huge volumes of documents and diplomacy to arrange lengthy interviews with 26 main protagonists. Achieving the most plausible interpretation, in the face of diverse and contested accounts, required attention to detail, continual discussion about reliability, and cross-checking across multiple sources. The narrative highlights critical events to provide a history of what happened and its political significance.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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