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"This book does a masterful job of clarifying how public officials in developing countries handle foreign inspired administrative reforms and international practices, in relation to their local circumstances. It offers an excellent set of case studies that demonstrate how a distinct professional identity among African public auditors has emerged. Policy-makers, professionals and scholars should be grateful to have such a well-crafted, finely-balanced contribution to the literature on organizational change and professionalization." - Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Chr. Michelsen Institute and the International Centre for Tax and Development
"In this well-argued and ambitious study, Gustavson demonstrates that institutional and professional logics of audit institutions in African countries do not differ much from their counterparts in the industrialized world. The study makes a key contribution to the literature, as its results contrast to many conventional notions about public institutions in developing countries." - Shirin Ahlback Oberg, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Book Title: Auditing Good Government in Africa
Book Subtitle: Public Sector Reform, Professional Norms and the Development Discourse
Authors: Maria Gustavson
Series Title: Executive Politics and Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137282729
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-28271-2Published: 22 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44869-2Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28272-9Published: 22 January 2014
Series ISSN: 2946-367X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3688
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 214
Topics: Development Policy, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Social Policy, African Politics