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Central role of Snail1 in the regulation of EMT and resistance in cancer: a target for therapeutic intervention
Understanding issue salience, social inequality and the (non) appointment of UK public inquiries: a new research agenda
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this recordNote the change of title between acceptance and publication. The manuscript has the original titleWhy are public inquiries appointed and what factors are influential? Research shows that inquiry
appointment is driven by issue salience, but how this occurs is unclear. The authors suggest that
issue salience is driven by: (1) victim relatability, (2) visibility of failings and (3) perceived
blameworthiness. This has three significant implications. First, highly salient issues may lead
to the appointment of statutory-type inquiries, which might not be the most appropriate
form to effectively address the causes of inequality. Second, if wrongdoing against minorities
is not sufficiently relatable (as is often the case), there may be insufficient public salience to
drive demands for an inquiry. Finally, inquiries may privilege the investigation of
blameworthy behaviour and thereby overlook complex systemic flaws