01406pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245007000059260000900129300001500138362000800153520100900161650001901170650001901189773005201208180718b2013   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVesely, Arnost  aAccountability in Central and Eastern Europe: Concept and reality  c2013  ap.310-327.  aJun  aThis article deals with accountability in EU new member states (the EU-10). First, the different meanings of the concept of accountability are reviewed. Second, accountability in the EU-10 is analysed in terms of three theoretical perspectives (accountability deficits, overloads and traps). Then the specificity of the accountability regime in the EU-10 is discussed as well as its possible explanations. It is argued that the accountability regime in the EU-10 is characterized by discrepancy between the formal existence of many accountability mechanisms and their actual performance ('sleeping accountability'). This might be explained by the context in which accountability mechanisms are embedded (the high level of corruption, clientelism, low level of trust), frequent changes in political representation and public administration and the lack of knowledgeable and impartial accountees. The article concludes with implications for empirical comparative research and theory-building. - Reproduced.  aAccountability  aEuropean union  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences