Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?

Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the...

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Main Authors:	Ferry, Laurence, Eckersley, Peter, Zakaria, Zamzulaila
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2015
Subjects:	HJ9701 Public accounting
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf

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spelling	iium-447932018-02-21T08:46:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’? Ferry, Laurence Eckersley, Peter Zakaria, Zamzulaila HJ9701 Public accounting Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the previously top-down regime for performance accountability in English local government has been replaced by bottom-up mechanisms such as greater transparency and a more open market for public services. Using the framework developed by Hood (2010), this paper will show how such reforms mean that transparency and accountability are moving from being ‘matching parts’ to an ‘awkward couple’, and how this has significant implications for public services. John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2015-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf Ferry, Laurence and Eckersley, Peter and Zakaria, Zamzulaila (2015) Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’? Financial Accountability & Management, 31 (3). pp. 345-361. ISSN 0267-4424 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faam.2015.31.issue-3/issuetoc
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description	Although excessive transparency and accountability demands can have a counterproductive effect on organisational performance (Bovens, 2005), longstanding hierarchical accountability structures to ensure financial conformance in English local government continue to endure. Interestingly however, the previously top-down regime for performance accountability in English local government has been replaced by bottom-up mechanisms such as greater transparency and a more open market for public services. Using the framework developed by Hood (2010), this paper will show how such reforms mean that transparency and accountability are moving from being ‘matching parts’ to an ‘awkward couple’, and how this has significant implications for public services.
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title	Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_short	Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_full	Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_fullStr	Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_full_unstemmed	Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
title_sort	accountability and transparency in english local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?
publisher	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44793/1/Ferry_et_al-2015-Financial_Accountability_%26_Management.pdf
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Accountability and transparency in English local government: moving from ‘matching parts’ to ‘awkward couple’?

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