Rethinking democratic accountability - Behn, Robert D. (Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2001)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Administrative responsibility -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management; United States -- Officials and employees -- Discipline; United States -- Officials and employees -- Rating of