Hybrid forms of accountability: Citizen engagement in institutions of public-sector oversight in India

Public Management Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-383

  Goetz, Anne Marie ^a   Jenkins, Rob ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Civil society; Local financing auditing; Public sector oversight institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017121434     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670110051957     Document Type: Article

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