1st Edition

Making Accountability Work Dilemmas for Evaluation and for Audit

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Like honesty and clean water, ""accountability"" is invariably seen as a good thing. Conversely, the absence of accountability is associated with most of the greatest abuses in human history. Accountability is thus closely linked with the exercise of power and the legitimacy of policies and those pursuing them. This book looks at the role of evaluation and of audit as key elements in democratic... Read more
Dedication to Ray C. Rist, Foreword by Amitai Etzioni, Part One: Modern-day Accountability: Evaluation and Audit Challenged, Part Two: The Changing Accountability of the State, Part Three: New Perspectives on Accountability: Case Studies, Part Four: Conclusion, About the Authors, Index

Biography

Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc