Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc is former professor of public administration at the Radboud University of Nijmegen and a former senator in the Netherlands Parliament. Jeremy Lonsdale is a director at the National Audit Office in London. Burt Perrin is an independent consultant in evaluation, policy and program development, and strategic planning, on behalf of governments, international organizations, and the private sector. Amitai Etzioni is university professor and professor of international affairs at The George Washington University. He served as a senior advisor at the Carter White House; taught at Columbia University, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley; and served as the president of the American Sociological Association.

• Dedication to Ray C. Rist, Foreword by Amitai Etzioni, Part One: Modern-day Accountability: Evaluation and Audit Challenged, Part Two: The Changing Accountability of the State, Part Three: New Perspectives on Accountability: Case Studies, Part Four: Conclusion, About the Authors, Index

Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc is former professor of public administration at the Radboud University of Nijmegen and a former senator in the Netherlands Parliament. Jeremy Lonsdale is a director at the National Audit Office in London. Burt Perrin is an independent consultant in evaluation, policy and program development, and strategic planning, on behalf of governments, international organizations, and the private sector. Amitai Etzioni is university professor and professor of international affairs at The George Washington University. He served as a senior advisor at the Carter White House; taught at Columbia University, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley; and served as the president of the American Sociological Association.

• Dedication to Ray C. Rist, Foreword by Amitai Etzioni, Part One: Modern-day Accountability: Evaluation and Audit Challenged, Part Two: The Changing Accountability of the State, Part Three: New Perspectives on Accountability: Case Studies, Part Four: Conclusion, About the Authors, Index