Accounting in politics : devolution and democratic accountability / edited by Mahmoud Ezzamel ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ezzamel, Mahmoud.

Series:

Routledge studies in accounting ; 5.

Routledge studies in accounting ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Great Britain.

Decentralization in government.

Government accountability.

Great Britain.

Government accountability--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

2 The Westminster model of government: challenges and tensions / Andrew Gamble, Irvine Lapsley 8

3 The process of devolution in the UK / Simona Scarparo 18

4 Accountability in the UK devolved parliament and assemblies / Simona Scarparo 38

5 Accounting and democratic accountability in Northern Ireland / Noel Hyndman 55

6 Accounting and democratic accountability in Scotland / Irvine Lapsley, Arthur Midwinter 74

7 Accounting and democratic accountability in Wales / Mahmoud Ezzamel 92

8 Financial management and democratic accountability: lessons from New Zealand / Jonathan Boston, Chris Eichbaum 109

9 Accounting and democratic accountability in Norway / Age Johnsen 134

10 State government budgeting in the United States: choices within constraints / Christopher G. Reddick 152

11 Conclusion: accounting, devolution and democratic accountability / Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Age Johnsen, Irvine Lapsley 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415425902

0415425905

9780203926635

0203926633

OCLC:

182621501