Who is this for? How felt accountability shapes the enactment of accountability in public service delivery.

What makes accountability work? To answer this question, public administration research has long focused on formal mechanisms—–rules, audits, and performance indicators—intended to ensure that public employees answer for their actions. Yet these mechanisms alone rarely determine how accountability p...

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Published in:	Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 361 - 376
Main Author:	Ernst, Margit
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Subjects:	Public officers Public administration Ethnology research Government accountability Subjectivity Institutional environment
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost