Accountability in Central and Eastern Europe: concept and reality

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F13%3A10139767" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/13:10139767 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852313477762" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852313477762</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852313477762" target="_blank" >10.1177/0020852313477762</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Accountability in Central and Eastern Europe: concept and reality

Original language description

This article deals with accountability in EU new member states (the EU-10). First, the different meanings of the concept of accountability are reviewed. Second, accountability in the EU-10 is analysed in terms of three theoretical perspectives (accountability deficits, overloads and traps). Then the specificity of the accountability regime in the EU-10 is discussed as well as its possible explanations. It is argued that the accountability regime in the EU-10 is characterized by discrepancy between the formal existence of many accountability mechanisms and their actual performance ('sleeping accountability'). This might be explained by the context in which accountability mechanisms are embedded (the high level of corruption, clientelism, low level of trust), frequent changes in political representation and public administration and the lack of knowledgeable and impartial accountees. The article concludes with implications for empirical comparative research and theory-building.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP404%2F12%2F0725" target="_blank" >GAP404/12/0725: Policy Workers in the Czech Public Administration: Practices, Professional Values and Identity</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Review of Administrative Sciences

ISSN

0020-8523

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

79

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

BE - BELGIUM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

310-327

UT code for WoS article

000320916600009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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