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Behn, Robert D.

Rethinking democratic accountability [electronic resource] / Robert D. Behn. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001. - viii, 317 p.

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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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Administrative responsibility--United States.
Administrative agencies--Management.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Officials and employees--Discipline.
United States--Officials and employees--Rating of.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK768.7 / .B44 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 352.3/5/0973