04146oam 2200721I 450 991046555150332120200520144314.01-315-70677-61-317-47786-31-283-00652-997866130065230-7656-2732-910.4324/9781315706771 (CKB)2560000000071117(EBL)669696(OCoLC)703152974(SSID)ssj0000466626(PQKBManifestationID)11277264(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466626(PQKBWorkID)10465895(PQKB)11317248(MiAaPQ)EBC1900108(MiAaPQ)EBC669696(Au-PeEL)EBL1900108(CaPaEBR)ebr10448729(CaONFJC)MIL300652(OCoLC)898771479(OCoLC)958107768(Au-PeEL)EBL669696(EXLCZ)99256000000007111720180706e20152011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAccountable governance problems and promises /edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David MathewsAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (361 p.)First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-2384-6 0-7656-2383-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 Accountability5 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 ForwardAbout the Editors and Contributors Name Index; Subject IndexThis 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.Government accountabilityGovernment accountabilityUnited StatesElectronic books.Government accountability.Government accountability352.3/5Dubnick Melvin J876562Frederickson H. George876563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465551503321Accountable governance1957354UNINA