"Accountability" : an ever-expanding concept?
By: MULGAN, Richard
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ArticlePublisher: R.A.W. Rhodes, 2000Public Administration: an international quarterly 78, 3, p. 555-573Abstract: The scope and meaning of "accountability"hs been extende in a number of directions well beyond its core sense of being called ot account for one`s actions. It has been applied to internal aspects of official behaviour , beyond the external focus implied by being called to account; to institutions that control official behaviour other than through calling officials to account; to means of making officials responsive to public wishes other than throught calling them to account. In each case the extension is readily inteligible because it is into an area of activity closely relevant to the practice of core accountability. However, in each case the extension of meaning may be challenged as weakening the importance of external scrutiny
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The scope and meaning of "accountability"hs been extende in a number of directions well beyond its core sense of being called ot account for one`s actions. It has been applied to internal aspects of official behaviour , beyond the external focus implied by being called to account; to institutions that control official behaviour other than through calling officials to account; to means of making officials responsive to public wishes other than throught calling them to account. In each case the extension is readily inteligible because it is into an area of activity closely relevant to the practice of core accountability. However, in each case the extension of meaning may be challenged as weakening the importance of external scrutiny
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