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Accountable governance : problems and promises / edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson ; foreword by David Mathews.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government accountability.
- Government accountability--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 328 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613006523
- 9781317477853
- 1317477855
- 9781315706771
- 1315706776
- 9781317477860
- 1317477863
- 9781283006521
- 1283006529
- 9780765627322
- 0765627329
- OCLC:
- 703152974
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