Democratic Accountability, Political Order, and Change: Exploring Accountability Processes in an Era of European Transformation

by Johan P Olsen

Ongoing transformations of the political organization of Europe, where both the nation-state and the European Union are challenged, make it possible to explore phenomena that are difficult to see in stable periods. An upsurge in accountability-demands, where political leaders are required to explain and justify what they are doing, is one such phenomenon.

Mainstream approaches to democratic accountability, assuming settled principal-agent relations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198800606
• ISBN13: 9780198800606
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"