LEADER 03726oam 2200577 450 001 9910791806803321 005 20240131151718.0 010 $a1-317-47785-5 010 $a1-315-70677-6 010 $a1-317-47786-3 010 $a1-283-00652-9 010 $a9786613006523 010 $a0-7656-2732-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315706771 035 $a(OCoLC)703152974 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL5ROS 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1900108 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000071117 100 $a20100528d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAccountable governance $eproblems and promises /$fedited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David Mathews 210 1$aArmonk, N.Y. :$cM.E. Sharpe,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxii, 328 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-7656-2384-6 311 $a0-7656-2383-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aTitle 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 327 $a5 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? 327 $a11 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 327 $aAbout the Editors and Contributors Name Index; Subject Index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aGovernment accountability 606 $aGovernment accountability$zUnited States 615 0$aGovernment accountability. 615 0$aGovernment accountability 676 $a352.3/5 702 $aDubnick$b Melvin J. 702 $aFrederickson$b H. George 702 $aMathews$b David 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791806803321 996 $aAccountable governance$93870822 997 $aUNINA