Accountable Governance

Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Promises of Accountability Research, Part I. Complex Challenges, 1. The Challenge of Multiple Accountability: Does Redundancy Lead to Overload?, 2. The Tangled Web of Accountability in Contracting Networks: The Case of Welfare Reform, 3. Accountability Challenges in Public Sector Contracting for Complex Products, 4. Accountability for Global Governance Organizations, Part II. Obstacles to Accountability, 5. Performance Blight and the Tyranny of Light? Accountability in Advanced Performance Measurement Regimes, 6. Does Performance Measurement Actually Improve Accountability?, 7. The Accountability Environment of U.S. Counties, Part III. Assessing Accountability, 8. Accountability Institutions and Information in the Policy-Making Process, 9. Accountability and Information-Technology Enactment: A Cross-National Perspective, Part IV. Adapting to Accountability, 10. Blame Avoidance and Accountability: Positive, Negative, or Neutral?, 11. The Challenges of Accountability for International Nongovernmental and Civil-Society Organizations, 12. Accountability in the Nonprofit Sector: Abandoning the One-Size-Fits-All Approach, Part V. Strategies, 13. Watching the Watchers, 14. Accountability and Voluntary Programs, Part VI. Rethinking Accountability, 15. Accountability in Two Non-Western Contexts, 16. Accountability and a Theory of Representation, 17. Emergent Accountability and Structuration Theory: Implications, 18. Rethinking the Obsession: Accountability and the Financial Crisis, Conclusion: Taking Stock and Moving Forward, About the Editors and Contributors, Name Index, Subject Index