Political Accountability and Spaces of Contestation

What is it about?

Accountability is regarded as a crucial and central value of modern democratic government, but should it be? This paper considers the way that accountability forecloses political expression and contestation. In short, it moves the discussion of accountability to its logic of control and consequence, meaning it functions primarily as an instrument of power.

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Why is it important?

The importance of this paper is underscored by the insistence that accountability does not make space for action itself. The practice of accountability seeks to control action.