Rethinking democratic accountability /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Behn, Robert D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Administrative responsibility > United States.
Administrative agencies > United States > Management.
Responsabilité administrative > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Administrative agencies > Management
Administrative responsibility
Employees > Rating of
Labor discipline
Offentliga sektorn > Förenta staterna.
Offentliganställda > Förenta staterna.
Demokrati > Förenta staterna.
Ansvar.
United States > Officials and employees > Discipline.
United States > Officials and employees > Rating of.
États-Unis > Fonctionnaires > Discipline.
États-Unis > Fonctionnaires > Évaluation.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What do we mean by accountability, anyway?
  • Performance and the new public management
  • The traditional, public-administration paradigm of accountability
  • The questions of democratic accountability
  • Discretion and trust
  • Retrospective accountability for performance
  • A new compact of mutual, collective responsibility
  • The cooperation challenge
  • Fostering cooperation with conventions and norms
  • Evolving a charter agency
  • 360-degree accountability for performance.

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