Accountability in the shadow of hierarchy: The horizontal accountability of agencies

Public Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-194

  Schillemans, Thomas ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accountability deficit; Agencies; Horizontal accountability; Learning; Shadow of hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749083457     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-008-0053-8     Document Type: Article

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