Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance

Generally, accountability is often associated with a concept of answerability, responsibility, blameworthiness, liability etc. Commonly, the concept of accountability from the perspective of governance is the means to control the public administration in democratic countries. The classification of p...

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Main Authors: Yaakob, Ahmad Faiz, A. Kadir, Nadrah, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/
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description Generally, accountability is often associated with a concept of answerability, responsibility, blameworthiness, liability etc. Commonly, the concept of accountability from the perspective of governance is the means to control the public administration in democratic countries. The classification of public accountability is normally seen in terms of external and internal mechanisms. Hence, this paper shall discuss both mechanisms with special reference to Malaysia. The discussion also focuses on the limitation of each mechanism which rendered some problems to the concept of accountability in Malaysia.
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spelling upm-129142015-11-03T01:47:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/ Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance Yaakob, Ahmad Faiz A. Kadir, Nadrah Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Generally, accountability is often associated with a concept of answerability, responsibility, blameworthiness, liability etc. Commonly, the concept of accountability from the perspective of governance is the means to control the public administration in democratic countries. The classification of public accountability is normally seen in terms of external and internal mechanisms. Hence, this paper shall discuss both mechanisms with special reference to Malaysia. The discussion also focuses on the limitation of each mechanism which rendered some problems to the concept of accountability in Malaysia. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/1/Accountability%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20Malaysian%20governance.pdf Yaakob, Ahmad Faiz and A. Kadir, Nadrah and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2009) Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance. Journal of Politics and Law, 2 (3). pp. 48-60. ISSN 1913-9047; ESSN:1913-9055 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/view/3679 10.5539/jpl.v2n3p48
spellingShingle Yaakob, Ahmad Faiz
A. Kadir, Nadrah
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title_full Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title_fullStr Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title_full_unstemmed Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title_short Accountability from the perspective of Malaysian governance
title_sort accountability from the perspective of malaysian governance
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12914/1/Accountability%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20Malaysian%20governance.pdf