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audit society  

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  • The concept of “audit society” refers primarily to a logic at work in regulatory and managerial processes and to tendencies, rather than to an epochal state or condition. In this context, an audit refers to a systematic assessment of institutional performance against agreed criteria and standards. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Audit Society]

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