Despite the core elements of accountability, there is conceptual confusion over accountability.…
Imposing consequences is another element that can be added to the core definition…
Even if Harlow and Rawlings(61) believe that…
As an example, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a delegated enforcement…
However, Goodliffe and others argue that governments support a delegated enforcement…
When exploring the notion of accountability for the UN in PKOs, I analyse it through…
Some other scholars also consider imposing consequences/ sanctions to be a constitutive…
Regarding the global governance power of the UN, accountability needs to provide…
The disagreement regarding whether consequences should be a constitutive element…
According to Dubnick, accountability is used in the following four appropriate contexts:…
Koppell goes further and summarises the different concepts under five categories:…
Koppell explains these related concepts of accountability of IOs with one question…
• Transparency: Did the Organisation reveal the facts of its performance?…
• Liability: Did the Organisation face consequences for its performance?…
• Controllability: Did the Organisation do what the principal ordered?…
• Responsiveness: Did the Organisation fulfil expectations?…
• Responsibility: Did the Organisation follow the rules?…
‘Transparency’ is about the assessment of an IO’s decisions and performance, since…
As a second concept, ‘liability’ refers to individuals and the Organisation potentially…
‘Controllability’ is a process by which principals can control the actions of an…
Functionalist theory holds that IOs should act in compliance with their functions,…
The main confusion arises between responsibility and accountability. There is little…
Indeed, responsibility and accountability appear to express the same concept, but…
Over time, the use of the term ‘accountability’ has expanded, while the use of ‘responsibility’…
Romzek and Dubnick analyse internal accountability as professional morality and personal…
I consider Koppell’s five concepts of accountability as different dimensions, reasons…
Therefore, for the purposes of this research, accountability, as a process, entails…
Based on this definition, I discuss in Parts II and III that even if there are different…
