{"product_id":"questions-of-accountability-prerogatives-power-and-politics-9781509964222","title":"Questions of Accountability: Prerogatives, Power and Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores accountability from a range of perspectives, crossing traditional disciplinary, thematic, and professional boundaries. It asks fresh questions about accountability and its place and importance in democratic societies.   Accountability matters. It matters because it connects the governors with the governed, and for this reason it is a hallmark of democratic governance. And yet, amidst a backdrop of concerns about democratic back-sliding, the rise of populism, the role of algorithmic governance, moral barbarism, and post-truth politics — to mention just a few issues — a number of potentially far-reaching questions of accountability have been asked.  It is for exactly this reason that this book explores the concept of accountability from a range of perspectives, crossing traditional disciplinary, thematic, and professional boundaries. It asks fresh questions about accountability and its place and importance in democratic societies.  The book considers the questions raised by the shifting architecture of accountability. Whilst some scholars suggest that accountability processes have never been so effective —trumpeting the rise of monitory democracy with its dense array of watchdogs, sleaze-busters, auditors, legislative committees, statutory supports, and investigative mechanisms — others express concern about the risk of ‘overloads’, ‘gaps’, and ‘traps’. This has led to a focus on fuzzy accountability and diagonal accountability, pointing to increasing conceptual confusion.   Bringing together world-leading scholars and former politicians and public servants, the book cuts through this confusion and provides the reader with the answers to the most debated issues, including rarely discussed ‘pathologies of accountability’, post-human governance, and a novel focus on balance and proportionality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e  Foreword, \u003ci\u003eLord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom  \u003c\/i\u003e 1. Accountability Matters, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, UK) and Chris Monaghan (University of Worcester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart I: Framing \u003c\/b\u003e 2. Questions of Perspective - Accountability as a Behavioural Proposition, \u003ci\u003eThomas Schillemans (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Questions of Measurement: Striking an Accountability Balance, \u003ci\u003eEllen Rock (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) \u003c\/i\u003e  4. Loss of Balance? Exploring the 'Dark Side' of Accountability, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Fuzzy Law, Executive Powers and the Problem of Accountability, \u003ci\u003eMargit Cohn (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) \u003c\/i\u003e 6. Collaborative Constitutional Accountability, \u003ci\u003eSe-shauna Wheatle (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Durham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II: Themes \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e7\u003c\/i\u003e. Questions of Control: Accountability in the Shadow of Prorogation, \u003ci\u003eChris Monaghan (University of Worcester, UK and Josie Welsh (University of Worcester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Questions of Counsel: Accountability and Policy Advice, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Slater (King’s Policy Institute; former Permanent Secretary in the Department for Education, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  9. Enforcing the Conventions of Constitutional Monarchy, \u003ci\u003eRobert Blackburn (King’s College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Accountability, Human Rights and Beyond: Lessons from Social Security Law, \u003ci\u003eAlison Young (University of Cambridge, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart III: Futures \u003c\/b\u003e 11. Accountability in Global Governance, \u003ci\u003eKate Macdonald (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Terry Macdonald (University of Melbourne, Australia) \u003c\/i\u003e  12. Accountability from the Inside-Out, \u003ci\u003eDavid Blunkett (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMember of the House of Lords, UK; f\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eormer Home Secretary)\u003c\/i\u003e  13\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003ePositive Accountability: From Naming, Shaming and Blaming to Lesson Learning\u003ci\u003e,  Sharon Shoesmith (former Director of Education and Children's Social Care, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  14. Accountability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, \u003ci\u003eMadalina Busuioc (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVrije University,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e the Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Where Next?  \u003c\/b\u003e 15. Questions Still to be Answered, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, UK) and Chris Monaghan (University of Worcester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090976207191,"sku":"9781509964222","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509964222.jpg?v=1762273919","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/questions-of-accountability-prerogatives-power-and-politics-9781509964222","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}