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100			_aReichersdorfer, Johannes
245			_aAccountability of immigration administration: Comparing crises in Norway, Denmark and Germany
260			_c2013
300			_ap.271-291.
362			_aJun
520			_aAccountability can be conceptualized as institutionalized mechanisms obliging actors to explain their conduct to different forums, which can pose questions and impose sanctions. This article analyses different 'crises' in immigration policies in Norway, Denmark and Germany along a descriptive framework of five different accountability types: political, administrative, legal, professional and social accountability. The exchanges of information, debate and their consequences between an actor and a forum are crucial to understanding how political-administrative action is carried out in critical situations. First, accountability dynamics emphasize conventional norms and values regarding policy change and, second, formal political responsibility does not necessarily lead to political consequences such as minister resignations in cases of misbehaviour. Consequences strongly depend on how accountability dynamics take place. - Reproduced.
650			_aAccountability
650			_aImmigration
700			_aVrangbaek, Karsten
700			_aChristensen, Tom
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
908			_aN
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