Accountability when hierarchical authority is absent: Views from public-private partnership practitioners

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-23

  Acar, Muhittin ^a   Guo, Chao ^b   Yang, Kaifeng ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Collaborative governance; Contemporary public management practitioners; Networks; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749140947     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074007299481     Document Type: Article

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