Accountability, a Classic Concept in Modern Contexts: Implications for Evaluation and for Auditing Roles

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Accountability, a Classic Concept in Modern Contexts: Implications for Evaluation and for Auditing Roles

ABSTRACT

“The tensions between the requirements of responsibility or ‘accountability’ and those of effective executive action can reasonably be described as the classic dilemma of public administration.” (Self, 1974: 277–8)