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Publication details [#64565]

Stokoe, Elizabeth H. and Emilie Hofstetter. 2018. Getting service at the constituency office: Analyzing citizens’ encounters with their Member of Parliament. Text & Talk 38 (5) : 551–574.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This article proposes an assay of how constituents give services at the constituency office of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom. It presents original views into how constituency services are supplied, and how constituency offices give entry and help to ordinary citizens, whilst extending conversation analytic literature on institutional service supply.