Rethinking democratic accountability [electronic resource] / Robert D. Behn.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001Description: viii, 317 pSubject(s): Administrative responsibility -- United States | Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management | United States -- Officials and employees -- Discipline | United States -- Officials and employees -- Rating ofGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 352.3/5/0973 LOC classification: JK768.7 | .B44 2001Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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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