The Sense and Scope of Accountability. Ricardo Uvalle Berrones and Maximiliano García Guzmán (Coordinators)

Abstract

Accountability is a term that was positioned in Mexico almost two decades ago, as a priority in the public discourse, the media, legislation, government offices and academic research. To this date, accountability hasn’t left the spotlight in the everyday language of the public sector, in spite of the recent boom of different terms, like “the fight against corruption”. However, the need to specify the concept that guides its assimilation in the activities and processes of everyday public management is worthy of consideration, again and again. For this reason, the book The Sense and Scope of Accountability (Sentido y Alcance de la Rendición de Cuentas), a collection of 13 texts, coordinated by Ricardo Uvalle Berrones and Maximiliano García Guzmán, offers a conceptual and empiric revision of what is accountability and its limits within democracy, mainly focused on the case of Mexico.