{"product_id":"dramas-at-westminster-marc-geddes-9781526160423","title":"Dramas at Westminster: Select Committees and the Quest for Accountability","description":"Drawing on three months of research in Westminster, and over forty-five interviews, this book focuses on the everyday practices of Members of Parliament and officials to reveal how parliamentarians perform their scrutiny roles. Some MPs become specialists while others act as lone wolves; some are there to try to defend their party while others want to learn about policy. Amongst these different styles, chairs of committees have to try to reconcile these interpretations and either act as committee-orientated catalysts or attempt to impose order as leadership-orientated chieftains. All of this pushes and pulls scrutiny in competing directions, and tells us that accountability depends on individual beliefs, everyday practices and the negotiation of dilemmas. In this way, MPs and officials create a drama or spectacle of accountability and use their performance on the parliamentary stage to hold government to account.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Geddes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526160420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526160423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d","brand":"Marc Geddes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057520013567,"sku":"9781526160423","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2fbef75-59d3-4707-9a3f-6d4c806a10da.jpg?v=1685047464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dramas-at-westminster-marc-geddes-9781526160423","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}