Accountable Governance Problems And Promises

Author : Melvin J. Dubnick
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 0765627396
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accountable Governance: Problems and Promises written by Melvin J. Dubnick and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public accountability is a hallmark of modern democratic governance and the foundation of the popular performance management movement. Democracy is just an empty exercise if those in power cannot be held accountable in public for their acts and omissions, for their decisions, their policies, and their expenditures. This book offers a finely detailed and richly informed consideration of accountability in both government and the contemporary world of governance. Twenty-five leading experts cover varying aspects of the accountability movement, including multiple and competing accountabilities, measuring accountability, accountability and democratic legitimacy, and accountability and information technology, and apply them to governments, quasi-governments, non-government organizations, governance organizations, and voluntary organizations. Together they provide the most comprehensive consideration of accountability currently available, with a blend of theoretical, empirical, and applied approaches.

Author : Melvin J. Dubnick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Author : Craig T. Borowiak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199778493
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accountability and Democracy written by Craig T. Borowiak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few political concepts are as emblematic of our era as democratic accountability. In a time of political and economic turmoil, in which global forces have destabilized conventional relations of political authority, democratic accountability has come to symbolize both what is absent and what is desired in our polity. Situated at the intersection of democratic theory and international studies, Accountability and Democracy provides an in-depth critical analysis of accountability. Through an engagement with several key democratic traditions, both ancient and modern, the book paints a rich picture of democratic accountability as a multi-dimensional concept harboring competing imperatives and diverse instantiations. Contrary to dominant views that emphasize discipline and control, Craig Borowiak offers an original and refreshing view of democratic accountability as a source of mutuality, participation, and political transformation. He both creatively engages conventional electoral models of accountability and moves beyond them by situating democratic accountability within more deliberative, participatory and agonistic contexts. Provocatively, the book also challenges deep-seated understandings of democratic accountability as an expression of popular sovereignty. Borowiak instead argues that accountable governance is incompatible with all claims to ultimate authority, regardless of whether they refer to the demos, the state, or cosmopolitan public law. Rather than conceiving of democratic accountability as a way to legitimize a secure and sovereign political order, the book contends that destabilization and democratic insurgence are indispensable and often neglected facets of democratic accountability practices. For contemporary scholars, practitioners and activists grappling with the challenge of building democratic legitimacy into world politics, the book urges greater reflexivity and nuance in how democratic accountability is evoked and implemented. It offers insights into the myriad ways democratic accountability has been thwarted in the past, while also cultivating a sense of expanded possibility for how it might be conceived for the present.

Author : Jonathan R. Macey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691148023
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Governance written by Jonathan R. Macey and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-12 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the wake of the biggest financial crash of the postwar era, the United States continues to rely on Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set tougher rules for boards, management, and public accounting firms to protect the interests of shareholders. Such reliance is badly misplaced. In Corporate Governance, Jonathan Macey argues that less government regulation--not more--is what's needed to ensure that managers of public companies keep their promises to investors. Macey tells how heightened government oversight has put a stranglehold on what is the best protection against malfeasance by self-serving management: the market itself. Corporate governance, he shows, is about keeping promises to shareholders; failure to do so results in diminished investor confidence, which leads to capital flight and other dire economic consequences. Macey explains the relationship between corporate governance and the various market and nonmarket institutions and mechanisms used to control public corporations; he discusses how nonmarket corporate governance devices such as boards and whistle-blowers are highly susceptible to being co-opted by management and are generally guided more by self-interest and personal greed than by investor interests. In contrast, market-driven mechanisms such as trading and takeovers represent more reliable solutions to the problem of corporate governance. Inefficient regulations are increasingly hampering these important and truly effective corporate controls. Macey examines a variety of possible means of corporate governance, including shareholder voting, hedge funds, and private equity funds. Corporate Governance reveals why the market is the best guardian of shareholder interests.

Author : Mark Bovens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199641250
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook Public Accountability written by Mark Bovens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the best scholars in the field from around the world, this handbook showcases conceptual and normative as well as the empirical approaches in public accountability studies.

Author : Madhav Godbole
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125026792
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Accountability and Transparency: The Imperatives of Good Governance written by Madhav Godbole and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tuija Takala
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 180088169X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics in the Social Sciences written by Tuija Takala and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a vast array of disciplines, this prescient Encyclopedia analyzes the many roles that applied ethics plays in the social sciences. Entries scrutinize the various manifestations of ethics across a range of disciplines and subdisciplines such as animal studies, criminology, and global health.

Author : Melvin J. Dubnick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780923993368
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Accountability written by Melvin J. Dubnick and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gisela Hirschmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192605488
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accountability in Global Governance written by Gisela Hirschmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This book provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations. Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU Troika's austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how competition and human rights vulnerability shape the evolution of pluralist accountability in response to diverse human rights violations, such as human trafficking, the violation of the rights of detainees, economic rights, and the right to consent in clinical trials. While highlighting the importance of alternative accountability mechanisms for legitimacy of IOs, this book also argues that pluralist accountability should not be regarded as a panacea for IOs' legitimacy problems, as it is often less legalized and might cause multiple accountability disorder.

Author : Muel Kaptein
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803927933
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on Organisational Integrity written by Muel Kaptein and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking Research Handbook showcases the value, uniqueness, versatility, and holistic character of organisational integrity. Bringing together diverse perspectives from a wide range of expert contributors, it not only provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field, but also charts exciting new directions for future research.