Leadership accountability, for violence, corruption and environmental harm, is an aspect of globalization and civil society. This analysis explains how 'cumulative lock-in' fuels leadership deceit, and then a reaction rooted in our evolutionary psyche. It is useful for those learning to be, or learning to question, and leaders.

Leadership accountability, for violence, corruption and environmental harm, is a new aspect of globalization and civil society. This innovative forward-looking analysis explains how 'cumulative lock-in' fuels leadership deceit, and then a reaction rooted in our evolutionary psyche. Moral authority may shift from West to East, and 'direct democratic accountability' may supersede voting systems. If legitimate accountability fails, global feuding and retributive accountability may continue. The lessons are for those learning to be, or learning to question, and leaders.

Introduction - An Era of Accountability - Global Feuding: Regime Change and Retribution - Social Impetus: Deceit, Evolution and ICT - Personalizing Protest: Global Civil Society -
Prognoses: Changing Relationships - Conclusion: The Accountability Webs