Les agences exécutives au Royaume-Uni et les questions de responsabilité
By: HARLOW, Carol
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ArticlePublisher: Paris : IIAP, juil./sept. 1998Revue Française D'Administration Publique 87, p. 443-454Abstract: The term 'accountability' is a relatively modern interloper into the vocabulary of constitutional law, and its successful diffusion should almost certainly by regarded as significant. The word possess no exact meaning and appears to embrace aspect of more traditional terminology of 'responsability' and 'control'. Next Steps Agencies are a technique of managerial administration designed specifically to increase accountability. But the examples given clearly illustrate the insufficiency of the presence arragements for accountability. This reform failure has cased problems at a political level concerning ministerial responsability. Select Committees thereby continue to challenge the government and demand powers to question and discipline the real authors of administration
The term 'accountability' is a relatively modern interloper into the vocabulary of constitutional law, and its successful diffusion should almost certainly by regarded as significant. The word possess no exact meaning and appears to embrace aspect of more traditional terminology of 'responsability' and 'control'. Next Steps Agencies are a technique of managerial administration designed specifically to increase accountability. But the examples given clearly illustrate the insufficiency of the presence arragements for accountability. This reform failure has cased problems at a political level concerning ministerial responsability. Select Committees thereby continue to challenge the government and demand powers to question and discipline the real authors of administration
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