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Accountable Government : Problems and Promises.
This book offers the most comprehensive consideration of accountability in both government and the.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Promises of Accountability Research; Part I. Complex Challenges; 1. The Challenge of Multiple Accountability: Does Redundancy Lead to Overload?; 2. The Tangled Web of Accountability in Contracting Networks: The Case of Welfare Reform; 3. Accountability Challenges in Public Sector Contracting for Complex Products; 4. Accountability for Global Governance Organizations; Part II. Obstacles to Accountability.
- 5. Performance Blight and the Tyranny of Light? Accountability in Advanced Performance Measurement Regimes6. Does Performance Measurement Actually Improve Accountability?; 7. The Accountability Environment of U.S. Counties; Part III. Assessing Accountability; 8. Accountability Institutions and Information in the Policy-Making Process; 9. Accountability and Information-Technology Enactment: A Cross-National Perspective; Part IV. Adapting to Accountability; 10. Blame Avoidance and Accountability: Positive, Negative, or Neutral?
- 11. The Challenges of Accountability for International Nongovernmental andCivil-Society Organizations12. Accountability in the Nonprofit Sector: Abandoning the One-Size-Fits-All Approach; Part V. Strategies; 13. Watching the Watchers; 14. Accountability and Voluntary Programs; Part VI. Rethinking Accountability; 15. Accountability in Two Non-Western Contexts; 16. Accountability and a Theory of Representation; 17. Emergent Accountability and Structuration Theory: Implications; 18. Rethinking the Obsession: Accountability and the Financial Crisis; Conclusion: Taking Stock and Moving Forward.
- About the Editors and ContributorsName Index ; Subject Index.