04791cam a22006377i 4500 9781003520085 FlBoTFG 20251030122258.0 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 241029s2025 nyu gob 001 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng rda pn OCoLC-P 9781003520085 (electronic bk.) 1003520081 (electronic bk.) 9781032858371 9781040266113 (electronic bk. : PDF) 1040266118 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781040266168 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1040266169 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781032858432 1032858370 10.4324/9781003520085 doi (OCoLC)1464075968 (OCoLC-P)1464075968 HF5616.G7 POL 017000 bisacsh BUS 001020 bisacsh BUS 003000 bisacsh JP bicssc Midgley, Henry C., author. 95466 Holding government to account : democracy and the national audit office / Henry C Midgley, Laurence Ferry, andAileen D Murphie. New York : Routledge, 2025. 1 online resource (xviii, 292 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance Introduction to the National Audit Office -- Legacies and arguments -- The establishment of the NAO under Sir Gordon Downey 1983-1988 -- Sir John Bourn 1988-97 : navigating a world of many subtle shades of grey -- John Bourn and the New Labour era 1997-2008 -- Amyas Morse 2009-2019 -- Gareth Davies 2019- -- Conclusion : the evolution of democratic audit. "The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK Parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK's supreme audit institution, examines the very definition of accountability through both an historic and academic lens, critically exploring questions about the role of audit in a democracy and how well it is working. Holding Government to Account draws on several unique sources of evidence, including interviews with senior officials from the National Audit Office and the civil service, as well as senior Parliamentarians with experience of the NAO's relationships with government and legislature. These interviews are supplemented by an analysis of previously unpublished manuscript material in the National Archives, examination of NAO reports and of Parliamentary and other reports focused on accountability. The book begins with a history of the National Audit Office in the context of the UK's wider history. It then offers an overview of the constitutional, political and human legacies of the Exchequer and Audit Department, followed by a close examination of the National Audit Office's leadership and decision-making from inception in 1984 through to the present. The authors conclude with an exploration of how the meaning of public sector audit has evolved over time, in accordance with its wider political, ideological, and material context. In doing so, they demonstrate that any question about the National Audit Office's future and organization is really a question about what democracy and good government mean in a modern bureaucratic state. Holding Government to Account will be of keen interest to students enrolled in courses on accounting, public administration, law and politics, as well as to politicians, civil servants and Supreme Audit Institutions internationally"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration bisacsh 92865 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Governmental bisacsh 95467 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Auditing bisacsh 58654 Great Britain. National Audit Office History. 95468 Government accountability Great Britain History. 95469 Auditing Great Britain History. 95470 Public administration Great Britain Finance. 95471 Ferry, Laurence, author. 95472 Murphie, Aileen D., author. 95473 Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance. 95474 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003520085 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 68079 68079