Deliberative Accountability in Parliamentary Committees
This event explores an empirical route for understanding why more accountability may not always deliver more public trust.
This event explores an empirical route for understanding why more accountability may not always deliver more public trust.
Monday 14 March 2022 | 1 hour 30 minutes 5 seconds
In recent decades, we have seen an explosion in expectations for greater accountability of public policymaking. But, as accountability has increased, trust in governments and politicians has fallen. By focusing on the heart of public accountability—the reason-giving by policymakers for their policy decisions (i.e. deliberative accountability)