Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development (International Political Economy Series)

A deepening crisis in accountability in developing democracies has triggered much debate on accountability and the mechanisms needed for overcoming deficiencies of democracy. This book analyzes a wide variety of contemporary efforts to reform accountability systems in developing countries.

Anne Marie Goetz is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science, Birkbeck College, University of London.