Rethinking democratic accountability / Robert D. Behn.

Author/creator Behn, Robert D.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2001.
Descriptionviii, 317 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Administrative responsibility--United States.
Administrative agencies--United States. --Management.
United States--Officials and employees. --Discipline.
United States--Officials and employees. --Rating of.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00011826
ISBN0815708629 (cloth)
ISBN0815708610 (pbk.)