Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions.

Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions.

This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing in...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2012.
Subjects:
Emergency management > Decision making > Case studies.
Emergency management > Decision making.
Emergency management > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies.
Emergency management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Government accountability > Case studies.
Government accountability.
Emergency management > Decision making
Government accountability
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Accountability mechanisms in Swedish governance; 3. A comparative outlook on accountability mechanisms and the exertion of accountability in crises; 4. Swedish crises 1931-2005; 5. Mapping three historical developments: crises, accountability, and trust; 6. Actors in accountability processes: who is held accountable by whom, and how?; 7. Formal and informal accountability processes; 8. Public trust in governing institutions
  • 9. Crises, accountability, and trust in governing institutions: conclusionsNotes; Bibliography; Index

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