Being accountable : voluntary organisations, government agencies and contracted social services in New Zealand / by Jo Cribb
- Bib ID:
- 4087755
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cribb, Jo, 1972-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Description:
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- Wellington [N.Z.] : Institute of Policy Studies, 2006
- xv, 195 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781877347153
- 1877347159
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: List of Tables vii
- List of Figures vii
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- 1 Introduction
- Background I
- Accountability and contracting: from a government perspective 3
- Accountability and contracting: from a voluntary sector perspective 6
- Voluntary organisations as an operational arm of government: now
- and the future 9
- Rationale for this book 10
- Outline of this book 12
- 2 Voluntary Organisations and Contracting in New Zealand
- Introduction 13
- Contracting and voluntary organisations 13
- Current policy environment 17
- Voluntary organisations in New Zealand 21
- 3 Accountability and Voluntary Organisations
- Introduction 27
- Structure of review 28
- What is accountability? 29
- To whom do voluntary organisations account? 46
- For what are voluntary organisations accountable? 61
- Why are voluntary organisations accountable? 62
- Summary: what is not known about accountability and voluntary
- organisations 65
- 4 Accountable to Whom, for What and Why
- Introduction 67
- To whom do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 67
- For what do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 67
- Why do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 68
- 5 Being Accountable to Clients
- Introduction 75
- Accountability to clients most important 75
- For what are voluntary organisations accountable? 77
- Why are voluntary organisations accountable to clients? 86
- Summary: client accountability 87
- 6 Internal Accountabilities
- Introduction 89
- Paid staff 89
- Volunteers 93
- Governing body (board or committee) 96
- Members 99
- Summary: internal accountabilities 103
- 7 Accountability to Government
- Introduction 105
- Types of accountability to government 106
- Focus on accounting for funds 109
- Summary: accountability to government 115
- 8 Research Results in Light of Earlier Research and Theory
- Introduction 117
- What is accountability? 117
- To whom do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 122
- For what do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 129
- Why do voluntary organisations think they are accountable? 131
- 9 Implications for Government and Relevance of
- Stewardship Theory
- Introduction 135
- Self-serving agents operating with guile 136
- Stewards not agents? 146
- A way forward 160
- Summary: stewardship theory 161
- 10 Conclusions 163
- References 173.
- Notes:
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- "IPS/Pub/147"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-195)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Victoria University of Wellington. Institute of Policy Studies
- Copyright:
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