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This book offers the most comprehensive consideration of accountability in both government and the contemporary world of governance currently available. Twenty-five leading experts cover varying aspects of the accountability movement and apply them to governments, quasi governments, non-government o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dubnick, Melvin J., Frederickson, H. George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2011.
Temas:
Government accountability.
Government accountability > United States.
Obligation de rendre compte (Administration publique)
Obligation de rendre compte (Administration publique) > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Government accountability
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The promises of accountability research / Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson
  • The challenges of multiple accountability: does redundancy lead to overload? / Thomas Schillemans and Mark Bovens
  • The tangled web of accountability in contracting networks: the case of welfare reform / Barbara S. Romzek
  • Accountability challenges in public sector contracting for complex products / Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke
  • Accountability for global governance organizations / Jonathan G.S. Koppell
  • Performance blight and the tyranny of light? Accountability in advanced performance measurement regimes / Christopher Pollitt
  • Does performance measurement actually improve accountability? / Beryl A. Radin
  • The accountability environment of U.S. countries / Bonnie J. Johnson, John C. Pierce, and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr.
  • Accountability institutions and information in the policy-making process / Paul L. Posner and Robert Schwartz
  • Accountability and information-technology enactment: a cross-national perspective / Richard K. Ghere
  • Blame avoidance and accountability: positive, negative, or neutral? / Christopher Hood
  • The challenges of accountability for international nongovernmental and civil-society organizations / Margaret P. Karns, Timothy J. Shaffer, and Richard K. Ghere
  • Accountability in the nonprofit sector: abandoning the one-size-fits-all approach / Kevin P. Kearns
  • Watching the watchers / Sally Wheeler
  • Accountability and voluntary programs / Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash
  • Accountability in two non-western contexts / Sara R. Jordan
  • Accountability and a theory of representation / Ciarán O'Kelly
  • Emergent accountability and structuration theory: implications / Kaifeng Yang
  • Rethinking the obsession: accountability and the financial crisis / Melvin J. Dubnick and Justin O'Brien
  • Conclusion: taking stock and moving forward / Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson.

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