Sökning: "accountability"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 210 avhandlingar innehållade ordet accountability.

1. 21. Auditors’ Constitution of Performance : a study on the duality of performance in the auditing profession

   Författare :Cristoffer Lokatt; Matti Skoog; Mikael Holmgren Caicedo; Crawford Spence; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Auditing; auditors; performance; performance management; control; structure; agency; institutional logics; profession; accountability; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Sammanfattning : For decades, the auditing profession has been under scrutiny, due in part to its close association with a business rationale. This has led to some to call for de-professionalization, where accountability, control, and commerce would threaten auditing’s autonomy. LÄS MER

3. 22. Att kontrollera staten : Den statliga revisionens roll i den parlamentariska demokratin : [the role of the state audit in a parliamentary democracy]

   Författare :Shirin Ahlbäck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Audit; accountability; responsibility; Parliamentary Auditors; National Audit Office; democratic theory; performance audit; public administration; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The theoretical point of departure in this dissertation is that even though a main thread in classical and modem democratic theory deals with the idea of accountable government, this discussion suffers from two inadequacies. Firstly, in addition to the requisites of accessible knowledge about who is responsible, and the presence of institutional mechanisms for holding someone accountable (e. LÄS MER

4. 23. Agents in Brussels: Delegation and democracy in the European Union

   Författare :Thomas Larue; Torbjörn Bergman; Jonas Tallberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; bureaucracy; delegation; democracy; European Union EU ; France; national EU coordination; permanent representations; principal-agent; Sweden; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores delegation and democracy within the European Union (EU). The EU now constitutes one of the cornerstones of the democratic systems of its member states. The most vital instrument of democracy is lawmaking, which increasingly occurs at the European level. Many different actors contribute to the shaping of EU legislation. LÄS MER

5. 24. Gränsöverskridande styrning : om krav på ekonomisk styrning i social verksamhet inriktad mot barn och ungdomar

   Författare :Ulrika Westrup; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human service organisations; Economic planning; Ekonomisk planering; Accountability; Co-operate; Dialogue.; Budget; Management control; Municipality;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to contribute to an increased understanding of the demands that the operation’s character places on management control. The study’s point of departure is the assumption that management control must be adapted to the operation’s character in order to be able to support strategy implementation and the achievement of objectives (contingency theory). LÄS MER

7. 25. Eurocrats at Work : Negotiating Transparency in Postnational Employment Policy

   Författare :Renita Thedvall; Christina Garsten; Ullrich Kockel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; EU; transparency; accountability; postnational; Social Europe; European Employment Policy; calculability; EU indicators; Research on Europe; Forskning om Europa;

   Sammanfattning : In the European Union political visions of a ‘Social Europe’ are being fuelled by the creation of common EU employment and social policy. The aim of the study is to investigate the workings and dynamics of policy-making in the area of employment, as an integral part of the fashioning of the European Union. LÄS MER