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Special Issue on Accounting and Politics [PDF]
Accounting in Europe, 2020 During the last years many things have happened in the European accounting landscape. We observe the new proactive role of the EU Parliament that started in the aftermath of the financial crisis in...
Giner, Begona, Jorissen, Ann
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Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2014 In this paper, the author examines the burden of proof in the argu- mentative confrontations taking part in practices of political accountability. She does so by explaining how politicians maneuver strategically with the burden of proof in an attempt at ...
Andone Corina
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Political accountability and autonomous weapons
Research & Politics, 2015 Autonomous weapons would have the capacity to select and attack targets without direct human input. One important objection to the introduction of such weapons is that they will make it more difficult to identify and hold accountable those responsible ...
James Igoe Walsh
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Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2017 This paper is premised on the concept of political accountability which aims to hold accountable government for its action and or omission. Political accountability encompasses a number of mechanisms such as the judiciary and the ombudsman.
Carlos Joel Tchawouo Mbiada
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Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2021 This article discusses the constraints on, and conflicts over, the oversight and regulation of mixed public-private entities, using the part-privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales – a policy called Transforming Rehabilitation (TR ...
Mary Corcoran
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Social Capital and Political Accountability [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010 We investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic well-being and the functioning of institutions: political accountability. The main idea is that voters who share values and beliefs that foster cooperation are more likely to vote based on criteria of social welfare rather than narrow personal interest.
NANNICINI, TOMMASO +3 more
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Clicks and Mortar: Electoral Campaigning in the 21st Century
Government and OppositionResearch focused on digital tools and the Global South has enhanced our understanding of electoral campaigning. Although big data and social media seem to be game-changers in contemporary politics, studies of data-driven campaigns highlight that the ...
Tim Haughton
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European Papers, 2020 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(1), 209-223 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. European Union: a democratic or a political deficit? - III. Conceptualizing accountability.
Julien Navarro
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The politics of accountability [PDF]
Journal of Educational Change, 2019 AbstractThis paper draws on recent research in Europe and England to discuss the politics of accountability. It is suggested that, as policies in education are increasingly focused on delivering technical-managerial accountability, that is accountability understood as evidenced in international, national, institutional and individual comparative ...
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Political Centralization and Government Accountability * [PDF]
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015 AbstractThis article explains why decentralization can undermine accountability and answers three questions: what determines if power should be centralized or decentralized when regions are heterogeneous? How many levels of government should there be? How should state borders be drawn?
Boffa, Federico +2 more
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