ABSTRACT
In this chapter we take a comparative look at accountability mechanisms in three countries: the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States. The three countries were selected on two criteria: their difference from and similarity to the Swedish system, and their relevance and interest to a broad reader audience. This comparative outlook serves to illustrate some of the unique features of the Swedish administrative system as an empirical case, but also to demonstrate how the empirical results of this study may be relevant and apply to other administrative contexts. The discussion of each country’s accountability mechanism is organized around the different types of accountability actors introduced in Chapter 2: peers, the public, the media, and the legal system. Each country section also includes a brief discussion of which distinct administrative rules or changes each country has that pertain specifically to accountability in crises, even though Sweden does not have this kind of distinct changes to its administrative system in crises. There will be a running comparison and contrast with each of these countries’ administrative systems and the Swedish case throughout the chapter.
