Two concepts of accountability: Accountability as a virtue and as a Mechanism

West European Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 946-967

  Mark, Bovens ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL THEORY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77955409190     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2010.486119     Document Type: Article

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