Research handbook on the ombudsman /
[edited by] Marc Hertogh, Richard Kirkham.
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- Research handbooks in law and politics .
Table of contents
Contents:
Foreword Peter Tyndall
1. The Ombudsman and Administrative Justice: From Promise to Performance Marc Hertogh and Richard Kirkham
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE OMBUDSMAN 2. The History and Evolution of the Ombudsman Model Sabine Carl
3. Ombudsmen and Public Authorities: A Modest Proposal Nick O'Brien
4. The Private Sector Ombudsman Christopher Hodges
PART II: THE EVOLUTION OF THE OMBUDSMAN 5. Ombudsmen: 'Hunting Lions' or 'Swatting Flies' Carol Harlow
6. The Politics of the Ombudsman: The Hong Kong Experience Johannes Chan and Vivianne Wong
7. The Ombudsman and the Rule of Law Benny Tai
8. The European Ombudsman and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Competition or Symbiosis in Promoting Transparency? Milan Remac
9. The Rule of Law in the European Union: Standards of the Ombudsman, Judge, and Auditor Alex Brenninkmeijer and Emma van Gelder
10. Ombudspersons in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesia Adriaan Bedner
11. The Transposition of the Ombudsman Model to the Human Rights Domain: Its Role as a Policy Entrepreneur Carlos Alza Barco
12. Fifty Years of the Ombudsman in Africa Victor Ayeni
13. Ombuds Institutions: Strengthening Gender Equality, Women's Access to Justice and Protection and Promotion of Women's Rights Linda C. Reif
PART III: EVALUATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN 14. The Profile of Complainants: How to Overcome the 'Matthew Effect'? Bernard Hubeau
15. How Do Complainants Experience the Ombuds Procedure? Detecting Cultural Patterns of Disputing Behavior - A Comparative Analysis of Users that Complain about Financial Services Naomi Creutzfeldt and Ben Bradford
16. What Do Government Agencies Learn from the Ombudsman? Chris Gill
17. Ombudsmen in Prisons: Reviewing and Reforming Matthew Groves
18. The National Ombudsman and Proper Police Conduct Yvonne van der Vlugt
19. The Use of Own-Initiative Powers by the Ombudsman Laura Diez Bueso
20. Effectiveness and Independence of the Ombudsman's Own Motion Investigations: A Practitioner's Perspective from The Netherlands Maaike de Langen, Emily Govers and Reinier Van Zutphen
PART IV: OMBUDSMAN OFFICE AND PROFESSION 21. Administering Access to the Public Ombuds Institution. A Case Study on the Austrian Ombudsman Board Julia Dahlvik and Axel Pohn-Weidinger
22. Ombuds Can, Ombuds Can't, Ombuds Should, Ombuds Shan't: A Call to Improve Evaluation of the Ombudsman Institution Anita Stumckhe
23. The Ombudsman in Australia: Flourishing, Expanding, Diversifying, Innovating John McMillan
24. Ombudsman Values: A Guide to Practice Robert Behrens
25. The 21st Century Ombudsperson: A Guarantor of Democracy Manuel Lezertua
26. What's in a Name: A Discussion Paper on Ombud Terminology Varda Bondy and Margaret Doyle
PART V: CONCLUSION 27. An Agenda for Future Ombudsman Research: Towards a General "Ombuds-Science" Marc Hertogh and Richard Kirkham