Rethinking democratic accountability [electronic resource] / Robert D. Behn.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.Description: viii, 317 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 352.3/5/0973 21
- JK768.7 .B44 2001eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What do we mean by accountability, anyway? -- Performance and the new public management -- The traditional, public-administration paradigm of accountability -- The questions of democratic accountability -- Discretion and trust -- Retrospective accountability for performance -- A new compact of mutual, collective responsibility -- The cooperation challenge -- Fostering cooperation with conventions and norms -- Evolving a charter agency -- 360-degree accountability for performance.
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