Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions

ISBN-13: 9780415615839 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 232 str.

Lina Svedin

Opis

'Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions' presents a framework for thinking about and strengthening trust in government through the process of accountability in crises.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Examining accountability: An empirically grounded theoretical framework  2. Accountability mechanisms in governance  3. A comparative outlook on accountability mechanisms and the exertion of accountability in crises  Part 2: Accountability in Sweden: A historical institutional examination  4. Swedish Crises 1931 -2005  5. Mapping three historical developments: crises, accountability, and trust in government  6. Agents in accountability processes – who is held accountable by whom and how?  Part 3: Results and trends  7. The formal and informal nature of accountability  8. Public trust in governing institutions  9. Crises, accountability and trust in government: Conclusions

O autorze

Lina Svedin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah, USA.