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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800058403321

Autore

Gallhofer Sonja <1960, >

Titolo

Accounting and emancipation : some critical interventions / / Sonja Gallhofer and Jim Haslam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-60049-6

1-134-60050-X

0-429-24218-2

1-280-13797-5

0-203-98662-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in accounting ; ; 3

Classificazione

85.25

Altri autori (Persone)

HaslamJim <1958->

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Accounting - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Accounting and emancipation: developing and promoting an alignment; Jeremy Bentham, accountant: a radical vision of an emancipatory modern accounting; Accounting and emancipatory practice: the mobilising of accounting by socialist agitators of the late nineteenth century; Is social accounting the soul of justice? Towards a critical appreciation with emancipatory intent; Epilogue: accounting, emancipation and praxis today; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Accounting is a social practice: it should be evaluated in terms of its contribution to a notion of social well-being. In order to do this, this book elaborates a critique of contemporary accounting. The authors encourage those with a close interest in accounting to make the search for a more emancipatory and enabling accounting a core area of their interest. The book will stimulate debate and activity in the arenas of education, research, practice and policy-making.