Abstract:

In pursuit of good governance， the western public administrative reform has gone through great changes from traditional public administration， new public management to post-new public management， and transformed the relationships among government， markets and civil societies， which has brought about a string of changes of accountability—the traditional public administration put emphasis on “rule and procedure” accountability， the new public management focused on “market-centered” accountability， and the post-new public management was concerned with “multi-centric network” accountability. In different models， the standards， actors and ways of accountability take on varied features.

Key words: traditional public administration, new public management, post-new public management, accountability