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Accountability as a Bureaucratic Minefield: Lessons from a Comparative Study

Edward C. PageCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1010-1029 | Published online: 10 Aug 2010

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Ixchel Pérez Durán. (2016) Accountability from the perspective of the forum: citizens’ attitudes towards accountability in Europe. West European Politics 39:4, pages 835-858.
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Bastian Jantz, Tom Christensen & Per Lægreid. (2015) Performance Management and Accountability: The Welfare Administration Reform in Norway and Germany. International Journal of Public Administration 38:13-14, pages 947-959.
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Berry Tholen & Ellen Mastenbroek. (2013) Guardians of the Law or Loyal Administrators?: Toward a Refined Administrative Ethos for Legislative Drafters. Administrative Theory & Praxis 35:4, pages 487-506.
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Deirdre Curtin, Peter Mair & Yannis Papadopoulos. (2010) Positioning Accountability in European Governance: An Introduction. West European Politics 33:5, pages 929-945.
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Paola Mattei, Mahima Mitra & Therese Feiler. (2016) The Politics of ‘Social Accountability’ in England and Germany: Democratic Control and Moral Imperatives. Public Organization Review 18:3, pages 399-411.
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Bastian Jantz, Tanja Klenk, Flemming Larsen & Jay Wiggan. (2015) Marketization and Varieties of Accountability Relationships in Employment Services: Comparing Denmark, Germany, and Great Britain. Administration & Society 50:3, pages 321-345.
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Jon Pierre, Asbjørn Røiseland, B. Guy Peters & Annelin Gustavsen. (2015) Comparing local politicians’ and bureaucrats’ assessments of democratic participation: the cases of Norway and Sweden. International Review of Administrative Sciences 83:4, pages 658-675.
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Jon Pierre, Asbjørn Røiseland, B. Guy Peters & Annelin Gustavsen. (2017) L’avis des politiciens et des bureaucrates locaux sur la participation démocratique – Comparaison : les cas de la Norvège et de la Suède. Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives Vol. 83:4, pages 679-698.
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Davide Luca. (2016) Boon or bane for development? Turkey’s central state bureaucracy and the management of public investment. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 35:6, pages 939-957.
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Ixchel Pérez Durán & Jorge Rodríguez Menés. (2015) Explaining accountability for public policies: an fsQCA analysis of health policy in Spain. European Political Science Review 9:3, pages 329-350.
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Ixchel Pérez Durán. (2016) Évaluer l’imputabilité formelle des politiques publiques : le cas de la politique de la santé en Espagne. Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives Vol. 82:4, pages 821-841.
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Ixchel Pérez Durán. (2016) Assessing formal accountability for public policies: the case of health policy in Spain. International Review of Administrative Sciences 82:4, pages 784-806.
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Petia Kostadinova. (2015) Improving the Transparency and Accountability of EU Institutions: The Impact of the Office of the European Ombudsman. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 53:5, pages 1077-1093.
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Tom Christensen & Per Lægreid. (2014) Performance and Accountability—A Theoretical Discussion and an Empirical Assessment. Public Organization Review 15:2, pages 207-225.
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Jeffrey Cook & Sara Rinfret. (2015) Are they really so different? Climate change rule development in the USA and UK. Journal of Public Affairs 15:1, pages 79-90.
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Scott L Greer, Holly Jarman & Andrew Azorsky. (2014) Devolution and the civil service: A biographical study. Public Policy and Administration 30:1, pages 31-50.
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Haldor Byrkjeflot, Tom Christensen & Per Laegreid. (2014) The Many Faces of Accountability: Comparing Reforms in Welfare, Hospitals and Migration. Scandinavian Political Studies 37:2, pages 171-195.
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Scott L. Greer & Denise F. Lillvis. (2014) Beyond leadership: Political strategies for coordination in health policies. Health Policy 116:1, pages 12-17.
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Davide Luca. (2016) Do Bureaucracies Enhance or Constrain Policy Effectiveness? Evidence from Turkey's Central Management of Public Investment. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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