Accounting in Politics

Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Age Johnsen, Irvine Lapsley

• 1. Introduction Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Åge Johnsen and Irvine Lapsley 2. The Westminster Model of Government: Challenges and Tensions Andrew Gamble and Irvine Lapsley 3. The Process of Devolution in the UK Simona Scarparo 4. Accountability in the UK Devolved Parliament and Assemblies Simona Scarparo 5. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Northern Ireland Noel Hyndman 6. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Scotland Irvine Lapsley and Arthur Midwinter 7. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Wales Mahmoud Ezzamel 8. Financial Management and Democratic Accountability: Lessons from New Zealand Jonathan Boston and Chris Eichbaum 9. Accounting and Democratic Accountability in Norway: Proactive Use of Budgeting and Reactive Use of Accounting Åge Johnsen 10. State Government Budgeting in the United States: Choices Within Constraints Christopher G. Reddick 11. Conclusion: Accounting, Devolution and Democratic Accountability Mahmoud Ezzamel, Noel Hyndman, Åge Johnsen and Irvine Lapsley

"Accessible and well-written, this is a useful and accessible text for undergraduates and post graduate students of public administration and management, plus those with an interest in public policy more generally. Moreover, this book also has much to recommend it to the established scholar interested in contemporary issues in public administration and management, while also of note for students of all levels interested in devolved government in the UK."Public Administration