Ellen Rock

Measuring Accountability in Public Governance Regimes

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings a new dimension to discussions of government accountability, offering a framework for the study and exploration of accountability deficits (gaps) and overloads (overlaps). It will be of interest to academics and public policy analysts across fields of law, politics and management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781108814126
• ISBN-10: 1108814123
• Artikelnr.: 64222788

Autorenporträt

Ellen Rock is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include government accountability and liability, and she has published widely on these topics in leading law journals and edited collections. She is co-author of Government Liability: Principles and Remedies (with Janina Boughey and Greg Weeks, 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Accountability Deficits and Overloads: 1. Defining accountability
2. Too little or too much of a good thing?
Part II. Benchmark of Accountability: 3. Five rationales for accountability
4. Who should be held accountable?
5. To whom should they be accountable?
6. For what should they be accountable?
7. How should they be held accountable?
8. Defining and deploying a benchmark of accountability
Part III. The Complexity of Accountability Systems: 9. Features in balance
10. Relationship dynamics in the system
11. Mapping out a system in practice Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.