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Authority Migration and Accountability in Canadian Public Governance.
- Source :
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Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique . Jun2014, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p215-235. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In the tradition of democratic theory, elections are recognized as important mechanisms of accountability. However, the migration of public decision-making responsibility away from elected representatives and the emergence of new governance actors necessitate a fuller conceptualization of accountability relationships. As governments pursue partnerships with societal actors and disperse authority across multiple levels, questions of public input and accountability within the democratic governance process arise. In this paper, cases of authority migration in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia between the years of 1946 and 2005 are used to examine the accountability relationships between new governance actors and both government and society. The existence and relative strength of accountability relationships are evaluated using the rules stipulated in the provincial legislation. Political ideology of governing parties, geographic scale of new jurisdictions and period in time are evaluated as predictors of the strength of the accountability relationship overall. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084239
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97366761
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423914000225