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Title Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions
Published Taylor & Francis 2012

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents Cover; Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Accountability mechanisms in Swedish governance; 3. A comparative outlook on accountability mechanisms and the exertion of accountability in crises; 4. Swedish crises 1931-2005; 5. Mapping three historical developments: crises, accountability, and trust; 6. Actors in accountability processes: who is held accountable by whom, and how?; 7. Formal and informal accountability processes; 8. Public trust in governing institutions
9. Crises, accountability, and trust in governing institutions: conclusionsNotes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing institutions. Threatening core societal values, they force elected officials and public servants to make consequential decisions under pressure and uncertainty. Public trust in governing institutions is intrinsically linked to the ability to hold decision-makers accountable for the crucial decisions they make. The book presents empirical evidence from examination of the general bases for accountability in public administration, and at the accountability mechanisms of specific administrative systems, before focusing on longer term policy changes. The author finds that within the complex web of bureaucratic and political moves democratic processes have been undermined across time contributing to misplaced and declining trust in governing institutions. Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of public policy, political leadership and governance
Subject Emergency management -- Decision making -- Case studies
Emergency management -- Decision making
Emergency management -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case studies
Emergency management -- Moral and ethical aspects
Government accountability -- Case studies
Government accountability.
Emergency management -- Decision making
Government accountability
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1280776889
9781280776885
9781136319341
1136319344