The State of Accountability in the Global South: Challenges and Responses - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1789907500 ISBN 13 : 9781789907506

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

Political leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development context, as well as to investigate the ways in which people can seek redress and hold their public officials to account.

Providing a timely complement to the current literature on accountability, the book features contributions from a diverse range of experienced and up-and-coming scholars and practitioners across the globe. Chapters explore questions of how improved accountability relations emerge, under what conditions they can be maintained, and what role civil-society actors, donors, and new ICT tools can and should play in developing countries. Integrating empirical case studies from Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a strong theoretical framework on accountability relations, the book delivers a comprehensive analysis of accountability initiatives across the Global South and ultimately reflects on how they contribute to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.

This insightful book will be an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide who are engaged in enhancing public sector accountability and implementing SDG 16. It will also help to guide social movements and citizen-led action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Associate Professor in Development Management and Governance, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Senior Researcher, Centre of Expertise on Global Governance, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, Sony Pellissery, Professor, Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India and C. Sathyamala, Academic Researcher, Research Group: Political Ecology, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789907500
• ISBN 13: 9781789907506
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Éditeur: Bergh Sylvia I., Pellissery Sony, Sathyamala C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible