Democratic Order, Autonomy and Accountability / Johan P. Olsen -- Accountability, Performance and Legitimacy in the Welfare State : If Accountability is the Answer, What was the Question? / Werner Jann -- Combining Agency and Stewardship : Welfare Reforms and Accountability / Thomas Schillemans...

This PhD thesis is essentially a collection of six sequential articles on dynamics of accountability in the reformed employment and welfare administration in different countries. The first article examines how recent changes in the governance of employment services in three European countries...