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100	1		_aSIMMS, Marian _930940
245	1	0	_aModels of political accountability and concepts of Australian government
260			_aOxford : _bBlackwell Publishers Limited, _cMarch 1999
520	3		_aModels of political accountability are drawn from views about the nature of government. Too often, however, these views are flawed and/or not made explicit. In particular, the traditional model of government accountability - which will be outlined below - misunderstands the British 'parent' system of responsible government. One immediate task for those interested in accountability is to map the basic features of the Australian system (best understood as 'executive federalism') in order to provide foundations for new accountability models. As well as delaying the map drawing task, the dominance of the traditional account has also 'crowded out' other concepts of accountability. The 'efficiency' and 'democracy' approaches will be discussed below as basically complementary addition to the current Australian debate over accountability. It is thus argued here that a more eclectic approach drawing from diverse but longstanding strands in the public administration tradition can not only enrich the debate but also help to throw light on new public policy developments such as contracting out
773	0	8	_tAustralian Journal of Public Administration _g58, 1, p. 34-38 _dOxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, March 1999 _xISSN 0313-6647 _w
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