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Holding e-Government to Account - Renovating Old Forms of Public Accountability and Creating New Ones
Albert Jacob Meijer
101 - 111
Innovation and the Public Sector
Volume 13: Developments in e-Government
Abstract

This chapter explores how governments can be held accountable in the information age. Five key forms of internal and external accountability are distinguished: hierarchical accountability, professional accountability, political accountability, legal accountability and administrative accountability. The effects of the use of ICTs on these forms of accountability are analyzed on the basis of empirical research. This chapter ends with a discussion of general trends and a plea for a new conceptualization of public accountability that fits the network society.

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