In the Absence of a Public Accounts Committee: The Swedish Experience
(2015)- Abstract
- Sweden is one of the countries which does not have a Public Accounts Committee. Since the Swedish National Audit Office was formed in 2003, two non-PAC models for the channelling of audits to Parliament have been tested. This chapter discusses the Swedish experience from these. It suggests that one reason why Sweden has avoided forming a PAC is the wish to preserve a political culture focused on collaboration and pragmatic improvement, rather than confrontation and accountability debates. The current model is successful in this regard. Findings emphasise the importance of a fit between political culture and systems for accountability.
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- author
- Bringselius, Louise LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Public Accounts Committee, National Audit Office, political culture, performance audit, parliamentary control, Riksrevisionen
- host publication
- Making Governments Accountable
- editor
- Hoque, Zahirul
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84959921887
- ISBN
- 978-1-138-78358-4
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- fc87fc06-93de-41f0-9ae0-c3ce66f7fb91 (old id 5434705)
- alternative location
- http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138783584/
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- 2016-04-04 11:06:47
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- 2022-03-31 17:59:19
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author = {{Bringselius, Louise}},
booktitle = {{Making Governments Accountable}},
editor = {{Hoque, Zahirul}},
isbn = {{978-1-138-78358-4}},
keywords = {{Public Accounts Committee; National Audit Office; political culture; performance audit; parliamentary control; Riksrevisionen}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
title = {{In the Absence of a Public Accounts Committee: The Swedish Experience}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5697387/5434712.pdf}},
year = {{2015}},
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