Dubnick & Frederickson (eds) 2010

Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson (eds.), ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE: PROMISES AND PROBLEMS (M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming, 2010)

TABLE OF CONTENTS (tentative: 10-09-09)

PART I – Complex Challenges

Chapter 1 – The Challenge of Multiple Accountability: Does Redundancy lead to Overload? (Schillemans and Bovens)
Chapter 2 – The Tangled Web of Accountability in Contracting Networks: The Case of Welfare Reform (Romzek)
Chapter 3 – Accountability Challenges in Public Sector Contracting for Complex Products (Brown, Potoski & VanSlyke)
Chapter 4 – Accountability for Global Governance Organizations (Koppell)

PART II – Obstacles to Accountability

Chapter 5 – Performance Blight and the Tyranny of Light? Accountability in Advanced Performance Measurement Regimes (Pollitt)
Chapter 6 – Does Performance Measurement Actually Improve Accountability? (Radin)
Chapter 7 – The Accountability Environment of U.S. Counties (Johnson, Pierce & Lovrich)

PART III – Assessing Accountability

Chapter 8 – Accountability Institutions And Information In The Policymaking Process (Posner & Schwartz)
Chapter 9 – Accountability and Information Technology Enactment: A Cross-National Perspective (Ghere)

PART IV – Adapting to Accountability

Chapter 10 – ‘Blame Avoidance and Accountability: Positive, Negative or Neutral?’ (Hood)
Chapter 11 – The Challenges of Accountability for International Nongovernmental and Civil Society Organizations (Karns, Shaffer & Ghere)
Chapter 12 – Accountability in the Nonprofit Sector: Abandoning the ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach (Kearns)

PART V – Strategies

Chapter 13 – Watching the Watchers (Wheeler)
Chapter 14 – The Moral Hazard of Intervention: Securing Accountability in an Age of Credulity (O'Brien)
Chapter 15 – Accountability and Voluntary Programs (Potoski & Prakesh)

PART VI – Rethinking Accountability

Chapter 16 – Accountability in Two Non-western Contexts (Jordan)
Chapter 17 – Accountability and a Theory of Representation (O'Kelly)
Chapter 18 – Emergent Accountability and Structuration Theory: Implications (Yang)
Chapter 19 - Rethinking the Obsession: Accountability and the Financial Crisis (Dubnick & O'Brien)

Conclusion: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Melvin J. Dubnick