Holding power to account : accountability in modern democracies / Richard Mulgan
- Bib ID:
- 3063759
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mulgan, R. G
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- Description:
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- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
- ix., 253 p. ; 23cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0333987683
- 0333987683
- Summary:
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"Holding Power to Account provides a general overview of 'accountability', a key but contested concept in modern democratic governance. Accountability is identified with core functions of external scrutiny and sanctions, in opposition to more expansive versions which also embrace 'responsibility' and 'responsiveness'. Richard Mulgan analyses both the United States and several 'Westminster' countries (the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand). Emphasis is on the public sector but accountability in the commercial and non-profit sectors is also discussed. Major topics include the contrast between accountability in the public and private sectors, the effects of public management reforms on accountability, accountability for collective actions, accountability in networks and federations, and the limits of accountability."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Issues of Accountability
- 2. Government Accountability: Political Mechanisms
- 3. Government Accountability: Audit, Judicial Review and Other Mechanisms
- 4. Government Accountability Compared with Accountability in the Private Sectors
- 5. Public Sector Accountability and New Public Management Reforms
- 6. Locating Accountability: One or Many?
- 7. Accountability and its Limits.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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