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In the Absence of a Public Accounts Committee: The Swedish Experience

Bringselius, Louise LU (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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Public Accounts Committee, National Audit Office, political culture, performance audit, parliamentary control, Riksrevisionen
host publication
Making Governments Accountable
editor
Hoque, Zahirul
publisher
Routledge
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  • scopus:84959921887
ISBN
978-1-138-78358-4
language
English
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yes
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fc87fc06-93de-41f0-9ae0-c3ce66f7fb91 (old id 5434705)
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http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138783584/
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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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