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Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?

Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the...

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Main Authors: Ferry, Laurence, Eckersley, Peter, Zakaria, Zamzulaila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2015
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HJ9701 Public accounting
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faam.2015.31.issue-3/issuetoc
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spelling my.iium.irep.447932018-02-21T08:46:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’? Ferry, Laurence Eckersley, Peter Zakaria, Zamzulaila HJ9701 Public accounting Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the previously top-down regime for performance accountability in English local government has been replaced by bottom-up mechanisms such as greater transparency and a more open market for public services. Using the framework developed by Hood (2010), this paper will show how such reforms mean that transparency and accountability are moving from being ‘matching parts’ to an ‘awkward couple’, and how this has significant implications for public services. John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2015-08 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf Ferry, Laurence and Eckersley, Peter and Zakaria, Zamzulaila (2015) Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’? Financial Accountability & Management, 31 (3). pp. 345-361. ISSN 0267-4424 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faam.2015.31.issue-3/issuetoc
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Ferry, Laurence
Eckersley, Peter
Zakaria, Zamzulaila
Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
description Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the previously top-down regime for performance accountability in English local government has been replaced by bottom-up mechanisms such as greater transparency and a more open market for public services. Using the framework developed by Hood (2010), this paper will show how such reforms mean that transparency and accountability are moving from being ‘matching parts’ to an ‘awkward couple’, and how this has significant implications for public services.
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author Ferry, Laurence
Eckersley, Peter
Zakaria, Zamzulaila
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Eckersley, Peter
Zakaria, Zamzulaila
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title Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_short Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_full Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_fullStr Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_full_unstemmed Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_sort accountability and transparency in english local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf
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