Accountability in Governance Networks: An Assessment of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Emergency Management Practices Following Hurricane Katrina

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Koliba, Christopher J.; Mills, Russell M.; Zia, Asim
• 署名单位: University of Vermont; University of Vermont; University System of Ohio; Kent State University; Kent State University Salem; Kent State University Kent
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02332.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 210-220
• 关键词: FEDERALISM; Blame; PARTICIPATION; COORDINATION; louisiana; DESIGN

摘要

What is the most effective framework for analyzing complex accountability challenges within governing networks? Recognizing the multiscale and intersector (public, private, and nonprofit) characteristics of these networks, an accountability model is advanced organized around democratic (elected representatives, citizens, and the legal system), market (owners and consumers), as well as administrative (bureaucratic, professional and collaborative) relationships. This concept draws from 2005 events following Hurricane Katrina. Multiple failures of governing networks to plan for and respond to Katrina include a breakdown in democratic, market, and administrative accountability as well as a pervasive confusion over trade-offs between accountability types emerging from crises. This essay offers several useful recommendations for emergency management planners as well as for those who teach and research.