| Description |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 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 |
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5. Performance Blight and the Tyranny of Light? Accountability in Advanced Performance Measurement Regimes6. 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? |
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11. The Challenges of Accountability for International Nongovernmental andCivil-Society Organizations12. 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 |
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About the Editors and ContributorsName Index ; Subject Index |
| Summary |
This book offers the most comprehensive consideration of accountability in both government and the |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Government accountability.
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Government accountability -- United States
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Government accountability
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317477860 |
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1317477863 |
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