Public administration emphasizes accountability to various entities, including elected
representatives, courts, oversight agencies, civil society, and citizens. However, the constant …

How do frontline workers implement policy when it is politically contested and they face
strong pressure from politicians and the media? Based on original data and a multi‐method …

This study empirically examines the relationship between several accountability aspects and
perceived work performance in the specific context of child-welfare services in the State of …

This Element comprehensively scrutinizes the key issue of the accountability of policy-
makers in democratic governance. The electoral punishment of the incumbents …

Public agencies have to deal with accountability demands from various societal
stakeholders. Stakeholders may address their accountability demands via formal …

Nursing homes (NHs) play a critical role in caring for vulnerable people, yet their operations
often remain hidden from public scrutiny, potentially causing a negative impact on service …

Public policy is a set of measures taken to solve a societal problem that politics deems as in
need of a solution. Policy implementation is the stage of the policy process that follows a …

Purpose Often linked to the New Public Management (NPM) doctrines, agencification has
been on the priority list of policy makers for over two decades. This article proposes an …

When the Norwegian Parliament opened the southeastern Barents Sea for petroleum
activity in 2013, it did so based on an impact assessment report prepared by the Ministry of …

Since the 1980s, central governments across the globe have increasingly created semi-
autonomous agencies operating at distance of their so-called'arm's length'. These agencies …