Peter Graefe

Overpromising and Underperforming?

Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes
Herausgeber: Simmons, Julie; White, Linda A

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the experiences of other federal systems and multilevel governance structures, the contributors investigate how public reporting has been used in various policy fields and the impact it has had on policy-making and intergovernmental relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781442645219
• ISBN-10: 1442645210
• Artikelnr.: 34761214

Autorenporträt

Peter Graefe is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. Julie M. Simmons is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Linda A. White is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Glossary of Acronyms
List of Tables
PART 1 Establishing Benchmarks
Chapter 1: Introduction: Accountability and Governance
Peter Graefe (McMaster University), Julie M. Simmons (University of
Guelph), Linda A. White (University of Toronto)
PART II Emerging Accountability Structures: Canadian Case Studies
Chapter 2: Intergovernmental Accountability and Health Care: Reflections on
the Recent Canadian Experience
Patrick Fafard (University of Ottawa)
Chapter 3: The National Child Benefit: Collective Accountability through
Public Reporting
Julie M. Simmons
Chapter 4: Democratizing Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes:
Community Engagement and Public Reporting In Early Learning and Child Care
in Canada
Tammy Findlay (Mount Saint Vincent University)
Chapter 5: Evolving Federal-Provincial Accountability Regimes in Active
Labour Market Policy
Thomas Klassen (York University) and Donna Wood (University of Victoria)
Chapter 6: Accountability in Labour Market Policies for Persons with
Disabilities
Peter Graefe and Mario Levesque (Memorial University)
Chapter 7: Multi-Level Governance, Infrastructure, and the Transformation
of Accountability Regimes in Canada
Luc Turgeon (University of Ottawa) and Josh Hjartarson (University of
Toronto)
PART III Alternative Accountabilities: Comparative and Normative Examples
Chapter 8: Convergence Through Benchmarking and Policy Learning: The Impact
of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Policy within the European
Union
Daniel V. Preece (Carleton University)
Chapter 9: Global Governance and Canadian Federalism: Reconciling External
Accountability Obligations through Internal Accountability Practices
Grace Skogstad (University of Toronto)
Chapter 10: The No Child Left Behind Act and Educational Accountability in
the United States
Paul Manna (College of William and Mary)
Chapter 11: Internal Answerability and Intergovernmental Policy Learning:
Accountability in Canadian Mandatory Education
Jennifer Wallner (University of Ottawa)
Chapter 12: Accountability Regimes for Federal Social Transfers: An
Exercise in Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Barbara Cameron (York University)
Chapter 13: Panacea or Peril? Intergovernmental Accountability and the
Auditor General
Amy Nugent and Julie M. Simmons
PART IV Conclusion
Chapter 14: Conclusion: Whither Accountability?
Peter Graefe, Julie M. Simmons and Linda A. White