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Titolo: |
Accountable governance : problems and promises / / edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David Mathews
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Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina: | 352.3/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Government accountability |
Government accountability - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
DubnickMelvin J
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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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Accountable governance ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-315-70677-6 |
1-317-47786-3 | |
1-283-00652-9 | |
9786613006523 | |
0-7656-2732-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465551503321 |
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