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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780491103321

Autore

Behn Robert D

Titolo

Rethinking democratic accountability [[electronic resource] /] / Robert D. Behn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8157-9810-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

352.3/5/0973

Soggetti

Administrative responsibility - United States

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

United States Officials and employees Discipline

United States Officials and employees Rating of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.