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Rethinking democratic accountability [electronic resource] / Robert D. Behn.

By: Behn, Robert D.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001Description: viii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(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 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.