Behn, Robert D. <br/><br/>
Rethinking democratic accountability  [electronic resource] / 
Robert D. Behn. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2001. 
 - viii, 317 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administrative responsibility--United States.<br/>Administrative agencies--Management.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Officials and employees--Discipline.<br/>United States--Officials and employees--Rating of.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK768.7  / .B44 2001eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.3/5/0973