State of Accountability in the Global South

Challenges and Responses

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvSylvia I. Bergh,Sony Pellissery,C. Sathyamala

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Political leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development context, as well as to investigate the ways in which people can seek redress and hold their public officials to account.Providing a timely complement to the current literature on accountability, the book features contributions from a diverse range of experienced and up-and-coming scholars and practitioners across the globe. Chapters explore questions of how improved accountability relations emerge, under what conditions they can be maintained, and what role civil-society actors, donors, and new ICT tools can and should play in developing countries. Integrating empirical case studies from Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a strong theoretical framework on accountability relations, the book delivers a comprehensive analysis of accountability initiatives across the Global South and ultimately reflects on how they contribute to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.This insightful book will be an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide who are engaged in enhancing public sector accountability and implementing SDG 16. It will also help to guide social movements and citizen-led action.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-11-15
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781789907506

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Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Associate Professor in Development Management and Governance, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Senior Researcher, Centre of Expertise on Global Governance, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, Sony Pellissery, Professor, Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India and C. Sathyamala, Academic Researcher, Research Group: Political Ecology, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Contents:Foreword xviiIntroduction – public accountability in the global south:approaches and practices 1Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Sony Pellissery and C. SathyamalaPART I SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH1 Enhancing citizen voices in service delivery in India: therole of social accountability tools 23Samuel Paul and Meena Nair2 Social accountability initiatives in Egypt: unlocking the‘black box’ of contextual factors 41Yasmin Khodary3 Governance in translation: participatory budgeting acrossthe developing world 60Brian Wampler and Michael Touchton4 Making the most of tech moments in accountablegovernance: identifying suitable entry points, actors and contexts 77Fletcher Tembo5 Civil society and state accountability: holding the stateaccountable in the context of shrinking civic space in Kenya 99Antony Otieno Ong’ayo6 Right to public services: reconceptualizing the path to(social) accountability in India 126Anognya ParthasarathyPART II ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICS FROM THE‘SUPPLY SIDE’ PERSPECTIVE7 Frameworks of accountability in healthcare 151James Warner Björkman8 Holding the Ugandan police to account: case study of thePolice Accountability and Reform Project 165Wil Hout, Natascha Wagner and Rose Namara9 The Office of Auditor General Zambia: becominga professional audit office that empowers the public 182James Hathaway10 Accountable to whom? Basic service delivery in India’surban-development programmes 198Arvind Balaji Rajasekaran11 Neoliberal reforms and public accountability in theWestern Balkans 221Rachel Kurian12 Conclusion: main findings and future challenges to publicaccountability 245Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Meenal Thakur and C. SathyamalaIndex