Relational accountability
Subtitle: complexities of structural injustice
By: Joy Moncrieffe
Publisher: Zed
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781848134669
Subjects: Responsibility; Social action
Description: "Accountability is a central yet vague and misunderstood term in development, which attracts little consensus on what it is or on the best route to achieving it. In this insightful new book, Moncrieffe argues that the traditionally narrow interpretation of accountability obscures relationships, power dynamics, structures, processes and complexities. The relational view, in contrast, seeks to understand the ways in which people perform in their roles as social actors, and how the quality of relationships influences the character of accountability. This book will provide a grounded theoretical background to accountability, using vivid case evidence to emphasize the significance of relational approaches to accountability using empirical data (from Jamaica, Haiti, Ethiopia and Uganda). Ultimately arguing that accountability is much more than a managerial concept; rather, it is deeply social and political. The result is a unique, coherent, perspective that will both explain and 'debunk' this central developmental concept."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [177]-189) and index.