Government Accountability in the Twenty-First Century

History of The Human Sciences, 1996

Journal of Advance Research in Business Management and Accounting (ISSN: 2456-3544), 2019

This research examined the question of accountability; new forms or a democratic deficit. The study examined specially examines the relationship between transparency and accountability, relationship between technocratic decision making and accountability and finally the relationship between proper coordination and accountability. The study is an exploratory study that used mainly secondary sources of information obtained from journals, text books and from the internet. The findings from the review shows that public accountability is important because it provides a democratic means to monitor and control government conduct, prevent the development of concentrations of power, and enhance the learning capacity and effectiveness of public administration. This is because rulers can be investigated and held to account for actions that transgress the law or result in personal enrichment or violate common mores. These tenets are lacking in our public institutions and in broader perspective ...

Canadian Public Administration/Administration publique du Canada, 2004

Establishing organizational boundaries to define responsibilities within government, along with clear lines of hierarchy, has shaped our machinery of government. Boundaries have been essential for defining distinct and specific roles for politicians and public servants. However, boundaries are creating a new world that opens up government to outsiders and increasingly calls for shared policy and administrative space within government. The policy-making process within govemment is now much more horizontal, porous and complex, while decision-making has become consultative. Boundaries have been affected by several factors, including the arrival of e-government, the increasingly complex and interconnected nature of public policy issues, the rise of interest groups, and new organizational sites. The implications for political actors and public servants, for citizens and the concept of accountability, are far-reaching. The author holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at Universite de Moncton. He would like to acknowledge the helpful comments made by the Journal's anonymous reviewers.

2005

Abstract. This chapter summarizes empirical findings on the influence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on organisational, professional, political, legal, and administrative accountability. ICTs enforce and challenge these traditional accountability arrangements and call for new forms of accountability. Both local accountability practices and linkages between government practices and the (accountability) environment are affected.

2003

Administration & Society, 2002

2006

The Information Society, 2006

2008