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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Tribunals of inquiry as instruments of legitimacy: A ritualization perspective
Contributor:
McGrath, Paul;
Marshall, Donna
Published:
SAGE Publications, 2024
Published in:
Organization, 31 (2024) 4, Seite 603-623
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/13505084221145578
ISSN:
1350-5084;
1461-7323
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
This paper is an exploratory qualitative study into how tribunals of inquiry act as instruments of legitimacy and hegemony for the State. Focusing on a case study of two consecutive tribunals of inquiry into the biggest health scandal in the history of the Irish State, the paper draws on ritual theory to offer a view of the tribunal as a process of ritualization, a strategic way of acting by the State in times of crisis. Through this process of ritualization, an authoritative, structured and structuring ritualized environment is created with schemes of ritualization imposed on participants directed toward creating ritualized bodies, hoped-for acceptance of the tribunal’s projection of reality and the re-legitimation of the role of the State in undertaking its core functions.