03726oam 2200577 450 991082833640332120240131151718.01-317-47785-51-315-70677-61-317-47786-31-283-00652-997866130065230-7656-2732-910.4324/9781315706771 (OCoLC)703152974(MiFhGG)GVRL5ROS(MiAaPQ)EBC1900108(EXLCZ)99256000000007111720100528d2011 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrAccountable governance problems and promises /edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David MathewsArmonk, N.Y. :M.E. Sharpe,2011.1 online resource (xxxii, 328 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based on print version record.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 StatesGovernment accountability.Government accountability352.3/5Dubnick Melvin J.Frederickson H. GeorgeMathews DavidMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910828336403321Accountable governance4027488UNINA