01478pab a2200181 454500 180718b2013 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Vesely, Arnost Accountability in Central and Eastern Europe: Concept and reality 2013 p.310-327. Jun This 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. Accountability European union International Review of Administrative Sciences N 101198 101197 101197 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 79, Issue no: 2 AR101658 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR