Rethinking Democratic Accountability

by Robert D. Behn

Book Overview

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Traditionally, American government has created detailed, formal procedures to ensure that its agencies and employees are accountable for finances and fairness. Now in the interest of improved performance, we are asking our front-line workers to be more responsive, we are urging our middle managers to be innovative, and we are exhorting our public executives to be entrepreneurial. Yet what is the theory of democratic accountability that empowers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815708610
• ISBN13: 9780815708612
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"