Decentring the UK Ministry/s of Justice
Decentring the UK Ministry/s of Justice
This chapter decentres the UK Ministry of Justice, exploring notions of what it is and what it is for. The department (MoJ) celebrated its tenth birthday on 9 May 2017 and its origins make it a rich site of competing meanings-in-action. This chapter draws on four sets of ‘elite’ interviews conducted between 2009 and 2017 to explore the traditions drawn upon, and the dilemmas faced, by MoJ policymakers. In sum, it is argued that we are faced not with a monolithic institution but Ministry/s of Justice. We identify competing and overlapping traditions centred upon liberalism, public protection, rehabilitation and managerialism. In closing, the chapter considers whether these understandings are increasingly coloured by narratives of departmental decline.
Ministry of Justice, penal policy, criminal justice, policymaking
Annison, Harry
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2018
Annison, Harry
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Annison, Harry
(2018)
Decentring the UK Ministry/s of Justice.
In,
Rhodes, R.A.W.
(ed.)
Narrative Policy Analysis: Cases in Decentred Policy.
(Understanding Governance)
Abingdon.
Palgrave Macmillan.
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This chapter decentres the UK Ministry of Justice, exploring notions of what it is and what it is for. The department (MoJ) celebrated its tenth birthday on 9 May 2017 and its origins make it a rich site of competing meanings-in-action. This chapter draws on four sets of ‘elite’ interviews conducted between 2009 and 2017 to explore the traditions drawn upon, and the dilemmas faced, by MoJ policymakers. In sum, it is argued that we are faced not with a monolithic institution but Ministry/s of Justice. We identify competing and overlapping traditions centred upon liberalism, public protection, rehabilitation and managerialism. In closing, the chapter considers whether these understandings are increasingly coloured by narratives of departmental decline.
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Published date: 2018
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Ministry of Justice, penal policy, criminal justice, policymaking
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