The Accountability State: US Federal Inspectors General and the Pursuit of Democratic Integrity
- Submitting institution
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University College London
: B - UoA25B Institute of the Americas (UCL-IA)
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies : B - UoA25B Institute of the Americas (UCL-IA)
- Output identifier
- 37
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Studies in Government and Publ
- ISBN
- 9780700623983
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 288-page monograph is one of the only book-length studies of a key mechanism of public accountability in the United States: federal inspectors general (IGs). The few studies that have looked at IGs have taken a public administration approach. In contrast, this work evaluates them from the perspective of political theory. In addition to the novelty of the approach, the historical account of the IGs is based on extensive original research. Through three detailed case studies of IGs, the book develops new categories for evaluation and explains the significance of the phenomenon for democratic legitimacy and integrity.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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