TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klenk, Tanja
A1  - Pieper, Jonas
T1  - Accountability in a privatized welfare state the case of the german hospital market
T2  - Administration & society
N2  - One of the most striking features of recent public sector reform in Europe is privatization. This development raises questions of accountability: By whom and for what are managers of private for-profit organizations delivering public goods held accountable? Analyzing accountability mechanisms through the lens of an institutional organizational approach and on the empirical basis of hospital privatization in Germany, the article contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of public accountability of private actors. The analysis suggests that accountability is not declining but rather multiplying. The shifts in the locus and content of accountability cause organizational stress for private hospitals.
KW  - accountability
KW  - hospitals
KW  - privatization
KW  - welfare markets
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35098
SN  - 0095-3997
VL  - 45
IS  - 3
SP  - 326
EP  - 356
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -