Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Sense of History -- 2. Medieval Beginnings -- 3. Advance and Retreat in the Financial Supremacy of Parliament -- 4. Commissioners and Board of Audit -- 5. Early Victorian Reform -- 6. 1866 Audit Act and the Modern State -- 7. Audit, Accountability, and the Impact of the Two World Wars -- 8. Post-War Strengths and Challenges -- 9. Audit in the Time of the New Public Management -- 10. National Audit Office -- 11. Recurring Themes and Continuing Change -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 Comptrollers and Auditors General -- Appendix 2 Exchequer Tallies: ̀Preposterous Sticks' -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources |
Summary |
A detailed history of the struggle by Parliament and the British public to make the Executive accountable for the use of public funds, from early historical developments through to modern principles and practice |
Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2016 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 13, 2016) |
Subject |
Great Britain. National Audit Office -- History
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain. National Audit Office fast |
Subject |
Auditing -- Great Britain -- History
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Public administration -- Great Britain -- Finance
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Government accountability -- Great Britain -- History
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Auditing
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Government accountability
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Public administration -- Finance
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Funnell, Warwick, author
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ISBN |
9780191831645 |
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0191831646 |
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