Accountability as a Cultural Keyword

Authors

Melvin J. Dubnick, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow

Abstract

Abstract

This chapter examines the emergence of accountability as a culturally significant concept that both reflects and shapes changes taking place in our understanding of contemporary governance. Dubnick explores how its emergence as a “cultural keyword” has transformed both the form and function of accountability, and the challenges this development poses for the study of accountable governance.

Department

Political Science

Publication Date

5-2014

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199641253.013.0017

Document Type

Book Chapter

Recommended Citation

Dubnick, M. (2014) ‘Accountability as a Cultural Keyword’, in Bovens, M., Goodin, R. E., and Schillemans, T. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, pp. 23–28.