Special issue: Emerging accountability mechanisms and stakeholders in the governance of public service delivery

International Journal of Public Policy 4(3/4) 2009

• The institutionalisation of public-private partnerships in the UK and the nation-state of California
• Public-private partnerships: a comparative study of new public management and stakeholder participation in the UK and Spain
• Building shared accountability into service transformation partnerships
• On the governance of social science research: the replacement of profession with performance contracts
• The effects of corporatisation on financial reporting: the experience of the Italian local governments
• Private actors and public accountability: the role of actuaries and auditors in UK life insurance regulation
• A research note: the exploration of political accountability in primary healthcare organisations
• Sending in the consultants: development agencies, the private sector and the reform of public finance in low-income countries
• Constraints to strengthening public sector accountability through civil society: the case of Morocco