TY - BOOK AU - Behn,Robert D. TI - Rethinking democratic accountability SN - 0815708629 (cloth) AV - JK768.7 .B44 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Administrative responsibility KW - United States KW - Administrative agencies KW - Management KW - Officials and employees KW - Discipline KW - Rating of N1 - 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 ER -