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State Audit

Developments in Public Accountability

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  • © 1981

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  1. B. Geist

    1. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Principles of State Audit

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. State Audit: An Introduction

      • B. Geist
      Pages 3-22

    3. Reform in the Field of Public Accountability and Audit: A Progress Report

      • E. Leslie Normanton
      Pages 23-45

    4. The Constitutional Position of Supreme Audit Institutions with Special Reference to the Federal Republic of Germany

      • Hans Schäfer
      Pages 46-69

    5. Independence of State Audit

      • Joseph Pois
      Pages 70-82

    6. Bureaucracy, the Bureaucratic Auditor, and the Ombudsman: An Ideal-Type Analysis

      • Larry B. Hill
      Pages 83-121

    7. Bureaucracy and State Audit

      • Van Ballew, Paul Frishkoff
      Pages 122-135

    8. New Directions in State Audit

      • Gerald E. Caiden
      Pages 136-155

    9. Corruption and State Auditing: the Politics of Indignation

      • Hillel Levine
      Pages 156-163

    10. Internal and External Audit

      • John A. Edds
      Pages 164-182

    11. State Audit in Communist Countries

      • Richard Szawlowski
      Pages 183-197

  3. Methodology and Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 198-198
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    2. Auditing Efficiency and Economy

      • Ellsworth H. Morse Jr
      Pages 199-216

    3. Effectiveness Auditing in Sweden

      • G. Rune Berggren
      Pages 217-238

    4. Electronic Data Processing (EDP) and State Audit

      • Elise G. Jancura
      Pages 239-249

  4. State Audit in Selected Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. A Budget for all Seasons: Why the Traditional Budget Lasts

      • Aaron Wildavsky
      Pages 253-268

    3. Auditing the Budget

      • Hadassah Weisbrod
      Pages 269-284

    4. Audit of Government Ministries

      • Renana Gutman
      Pages 285-299
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    B. Geist

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: State Audit

  • Book Subtitle: Developments in Public Accountability

  • Editors: B. Geist

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04666-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: State of Israel, State Comptroller’s Office 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-04668-3Published: 01 January 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04666-9Published: 18 June 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 396

  • Topics: Industries, Business Finance

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