Volume 36, Issue 3 p. 229-243
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Pick and Roll: Expanded roles for a state auditor

Neta Sher-Hadar

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Neta Sher-Hadar

Public Administration and Policy, Sapir College, Israel

Mandel School for Educational Leadership, Jerusalem, Israel

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Neta Sher-Hadar, Public Administration and Policy, Sapir College, Hof Ashkelon, Shaar Hanegev, 7915600, Israel.

Email: nsherhadar@mandel.org.il

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First published: 26 December 2019
Citations: 3

Abstract

This paper proposes a theoretical typology for categorizing the multiple roles played by public auditing today, containing four audit modes: classic administrative audit, policy analysis audit, values-based audit, and public agenda audit. While some specific aspects of these functions have been studied in other contexts, to the best of my knowledge they have not yet been examined and articulated as a whole. Using examples from Israel, this paper seeks to bridge this gap in the literature by presenting this evolution, offering a theoretical framework for identifying and discussing its new scope, and their implications both for the future of the state audit and for democracy.

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