A Few Reflections on Accountability
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A Few Reflections on Accountability. / Lund, Christian.
Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions: Practices of legitimation and accountable governance. red. / Siddharth Sareen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. s. 53-61.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - A Few Reflections on Accountability
AU - Lund, Christian
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Accountability is a form of communication between people and institutions where one is held to account by the other. Parts of the scholarship distinguish between upward and downward accountability. Upward accountability would involve acknowledgement of an authority to sanction or validate operations or claims, whereas downward accountability refers to the institution of authority being responsible to the general public for their actions. While the directionality of accountability is important, a case from Indonesia suggests that they may indeed be coconstitutive. By deliberately and publicly complying with the idea ofstate land ownership, and by being selective about what institutions represent ‘the state’, the farmers used their upward accountability to produce downward accountability in terms of recognition of their rights. The farmers exploited the separation of powers in their attempt to gain a new visibility.
AB - Accountability is a form of communication between people and institutions where one is held to account by the other. Parts of the scholarship distinguish between upward and downward accountability. Upward accountability would involve acknowledgement of an authority to sanction or validate operations or claims, whereas downward accountability refers to the institution of authority being responsible to the general public for their actions. While the directionality of accountability is important, a case from Indonesia suggests that they may indeed be coconstitutive. By deliberately and publicly complying with the idea ofstate land ownership, and by being selective about what institutions represent ‘the state’, the farmers used their upward accountability to produce downward accountability in terms of recognition of their rights. The farmers exploited the separation of powers in their attempt to gain a new visibility.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6_5
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-030-26890-9
SP - 53
EP - 61
BT - Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions
A2 - Sareen, Siddharth
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -
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