1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000517320203316

Autore

Convegno di contabilità pubblica <14. ; 1993 ; Perugia>

Titolo

Patrimoni pubblici e collettività : analisi e prospettive : atti del 14. Convegno di contabilità pubblica, aula magna della Facoltà di giurisprudenza, 15-16 ottobre 1993, Perugia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Perugia : Università degli studi di Perugia, Istituto di studi giuridici della Facoltà di scienze politiche : Regione dell'Umbria, Giunta regionale, 1994

Descrizione fisica

270, CCLXXXIX p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

350.7230945

Soggetti

Contabilità pubblica - Congressi - 1993

Enti pubblici - Patrimonio - Congressi - 1993

Congressi - Perugia - 1993

Collocazione

X 18 XV 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465551503321

Titolo

Accountable governance : problems and promises / / edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David Mathews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70677-6

1-317-47786-3

1-283-00652-9

9786613006523

0-7656-2732-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DubnickMelvin J

FredericksonH. George

Disciplina

352.3/5

Soggetti

Government accountability

Government accountability - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Foreword: To What Kind of Democracy Is Accountability Accountable?; 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 Regimes 6 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 and Civil-Society Organizations 12 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 Contributors Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 organizations, governance organizations, and voluntary organizations.