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Accountability through Public Opinion - From Inertia to Public Action (Paperback)
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Accountability through Public Opinion - From Inertia to Public Action (Paperback)
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"Accountability" has become a buzzword in international
development. Development actors appear to delight in announcing
their intention to "promote accountability"-but it is often unclear
what accountability is and how it can be promoted. This book
addresses some questions that are crucial to understanding
accountability and for understanding why accountability is
important to improve the effectiveness of development aid. We ask:
What does it mean to make governments accountable to their
citizens? How do you do that? How do you create genuine demand for
accountability among citizens, how do you move citizens from
inertia to public action? The main argument of this book is that
accountability is a matter of public opinion. Governments will only
be accountable if there are incentives for them to do so-and only
an active and critical public will change the incentives of
government officials to make them responsive to citizens' demands.
Accountability without public opinion is a technocratic, but not an
effective solution. In this book, more than 30 accountability
practitioners and thinkers discuss the concept and its structural
conditions; the relationship between accountability, information,
and the media; the role of deliberation to promote accountability;
and mechanisms and tools to mobilize public opinion. A number of
case studies from around the world illustrate the main argument of
the book: Public opinion matters and an active and critical public
is the surest means to achieve accountability that will benefit the
citizens in developing countries. This book is designed for
policy-makers and governance specialists working within the
international development community, national governments,
grassroots organizations, activists, and scholars engaged in
understanding the interaction between accountability and public
opinion and their role for increasing the impact of international
development interventions.
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