Reinventing Accountability

Making Democracy Work for Human Development
2005. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4039-0624-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: International Political Economy Series

A deepening crisis in accountability in developing democracies has triggered much debate on accountability and the mechanisms needed for overcoming deficiencies of democracy. This book analyzes a wide variety of contemporary efforts to reform accountability systems in developing countries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goetz, A.

Jenkins, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Where Accountability Meets Governance: Globalization, Participation and Corruption Accountability Failures and Human Development New Roles for Accountability Actors New Methods and Shifting Accountability Jurisdictions New Standards of Accountability Gender and Accountability The Politics of Backlash: Critiques of the New Accountability Agenda Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Marie Goetz is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science, Birkbeck College, University of London.