1. Accountability and Responsibility of Government and Public Bodies.
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Barker, Anthony
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POLITICAL participation , *POLITICAL accountability , *GOVERNMENT accountability , *TRANSPARENCY in government , *MUNICIPAL government ,BRITISH politics & government, 1979-1997 ,BRITISH politics & government, 1997-2007 - Abstract
The article discusses the concepts of accountability and responsibility in British government and public bodies as of 2001. The article examines the political climate in Great Britain at the end of the 20th century in the British House of Commons and in British town halls. The author examines ways in which the British system of government could become more democratic and discusses the concept of accountability as a form of what the author calls customer relations with active citizens who are participate in the political process.
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- 2001
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