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Accounting in Politics: Devolution and Democratic Accountability book cover

1st Edition

Accounting in Politics Devolution and Democratic Accountability

Edited By Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Åge Johnsen, Irvine Lapsley Copyright 2008
10 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

10 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book looks at the effectiveness of the 1999 restructuring of the UK through the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the Assemblies for Northern Ireland and Wales, considering the process of devolution and its consequences on the key mechanisms of accounting and democratic accountability. Many of the chapters in this book examine whether devolution is enhancing democratic... Read more
1. Introduction Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Åge Johnsen and Irvine Lapsley 2. The Westminster Model of Government: Challenges and Tensions Andrew Gamble and Irvine Lapsley 3. The Process of Devolution in the UK Simona Scarparo 4. Accountability in the UK Devolved Parliament and Assemblies Simona Scarparo 5. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Northern Ireland Noel Hyndman 6. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Scotland Irvine Lapsley and Arthur Midwinter 7. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Wales Mahmoud Ezzamel 8. Financial Management and Democratic Accountability: Lessons from New Zealand Jonathan Boston and Chris Eichbaum 9. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Norway: Proactive Use of Budgeting and Reactive Use of Accounting Åge Johnsen 10. State Government Budgeting in the United States: Choices Within Constraints Christopher G. Reddick 11. Conclusion: Accounting, Devolution and Democratic Accountability Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Åge Johnsen and Irvine Lapsley

Biography

Mahmoud Ezzamel is Professorial Fellow of Cardiff Business School. Noel Hyndman is Professor of Management Accounting and Director of Research in Accounting at Queen's University Management School. Åge Johnsen is Professor of Public Policy at Oslo Univ

"Accessible and well-written, this is a useful and accessible text for undergraduates and post graduate students of public administration and management, plus those with an interest in public policy more generally. Moreover, this book also has much to recommend it to the established scholar interested in contemporary issues in public administration and management, while also of note for students of all levels interested in devolved government in the UK."

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