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Democratic Accountability and Governmental Innovation in the Use of Nonprofit Organizations
Author(s) -
Gates Scott,
Hill Jeffrey
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1995.tb00627.x
Subject(s) - accountability , democracy , government (linguistics) , public administration , business , nonprofit organization , control (management) , public relations , political science , economics , politics , management , law , philosophy , linguistics
As nonprofit organizations perform many of the duties formerly discharged by government, the issue of democratic accountability becomes relevant. This article shows that governments are unwilling and, in some ways, unable to control such organizations completely. Moreover, we demonstrate how the innovative features of nonprofit organizations can directly serve to undercut democratic accountability.