The Power of Accountability : Offices of Inspector General at the State and Local Levels /

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"Offices of Inspectors General (or OIGs), bureaucratic units dedicated to government accountability, are a relatively new phenomenon. Virtually none existed before 1976, but now two-thirds of the states and many localities have them. OIGs spread quickly with the passage in 1978 of the Inspector...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kempf, Robin J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Government investigators.
Government accountability.
Enquêteurs de la fonction publique > États-Unis.
Obligation de rendre compte (Administration publique) > États-Unis.
Government investigators > United States.
Government accountability > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Idea of an Office of Inspector General
  • Phase I: Conceptualization
  • Phase II: Design
  • Phase III: Implementation
  • Are OIGs Empty Symbols or Engines of Accountability?
  • State Rankings on Two Indicators of Corruption
  • State Rankings on Two Indicators of Size of Government
  • State Rankings on Two Measures of Political Culture or Partisanship
  • Diagnostics for the Event History Analysis and Cox
  • Proportional Hazards Model.

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