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In recent decades, we have seen an explosion in expectations for greater accountability of public policymaking. But, as accountability has increased, trust in governments and politicians has fallen. By focusing on the heart of public accountability-the reason-giving by policymakers for their policy decisions (i.e., deliberative accountability)-this work offers an empirical route for understanding why more accountability may not always deliver more public trust. The focus is on the British Parliament, where both the Treasury Select Committee and the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee hold hearings on monetary policy, financial stability, and fiscal policy. The intent in these hearings is to challenge policymakers to explain their decisions, and thus the dialogue is expected to be deliberative. But how do we judge the quality of this deliberative accountability? Three metrics are explored and measured: respect, non-partisanship, and reciprocity. The approach is multi-method, including (1) quantitative text analysis to gauge the verbatim transcripts in committee hearings; (2) qualitative coding combined with an experimental design to gauge the role of nonverbal communication in the hearings; and (3) interviews with the MPs, peers, central bankers, and Treasury officials who participated in the hearings. The first method measures the content of 'what' was said, the second examines 'how' the words and arguments were expressed, and the third provides a more reflective 'why' component by asking participants to explain their motivations. This merging of the 'what', the 'how', and the 'why' offers a novel template for studying both accountability and deliberation.

Introduction: Movements of texts across borders -- Part One. Cross Currents and its transatlantic Central European imaginary -- The political-cultural journal : the case of Cross Currents -- The debate over Central Europe from Jews to Yugoslavia -- Part Two. Further essays in contesting geography and redefining culture -- Borders, editors, and readers in motion -- Transmedial work-arounds after 1989 -- Conclusion: Redefining transatlantic Central Europe today.

Nigeria is famous for "419" emails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers. Corruption permeates even minor official interactions, from traffic control to university admissions. In Moral Economies of Corruption Steven Pierce provides a cultural history of the last 150 years of corruption in Nigeria as a case study for considering how corruption plays an important role in the processes of political change in all states. He suggests that corruption is best understood in Nigeria, as well as in all other nations, as a culturally contingent set of political discourses and historically embedded practices. The best solution to combatting Nigerian government corruption, Pierce contends, is not through attempts to prevent officials from diverting public revenue to self-interested ends, but to ask how public ends can be served by accommodating Nigeria's history of patronage as a fundamental political principle.

Éste es el trabajo de un politólogo sobre algunas políticas culturales del Estado mexicano en los últimos treinta años del siglo XX, que vieron el ocaso del sistema prisita. Luego de examinar sus antecedentes, el autor las somete a escrutinio, siempre con la preocupación de situarlas en su entorno, relacionarlas con medidas públicas en otros ámbitos y dilucidar sus intenciones y efectos. El análisis expone más debilidades que fortalezas y concluye que las políticas culturales del priismo en decadencia quedaron por debajo de sus promesas y de las necesidades nacionales. Sin embargo, suplió estas carencias la política relativa a la instrucción primaria, fuente de legitimidad de un sistema político inusualmente longevo, en contubernio perverso con la sociedad en la que estaba arraigado. Y a pesar de todo queda alguna nostalgia, frente a la desolación del presente.

The United States in comparative perspective -- The embedded state -- The collectivist moment -- The liberal activist society -- The intensification of individualism and the displacement of citizenship -- The growth of big government and the conservative counterattack -- The breakup of the postwar order -- The intensification of populism and the declining legitimacy of elites -- From consensus to culture wars.

by Edwin C. Bearss. ; "NPS 2131" ; "September 1983"--Cover. ; Bibliography: p. 605-614. ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2003. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

by Edwin C. Bearss. ; "February 1983"--Cover. ; "Historic structure report". ; NPS 2013. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 845-854). ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2002. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web Browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

by Edwin C. Bearss. ; "March 1982"--Cover. ; Bibliography: p. 323-327. ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2003. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

Center for State and Local Government, The Univeristy of West Florida. ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Flrida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

by the Center for State and Local Government, the University of West Florida. ; "March 19, 1981." ; "Submitted as a supplement to a prior report entitled, Ad Valorem taxation at Pensacola Beach." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-38). ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Flrida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

By a citizen of Massachusetts. ; Originally published in the Columbia centinel of Boston. ; Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2003. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Flrida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2003. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. electronically reproduced by the University of West Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.