Accounting and emancipation: some critical interventions

TY - BOOK

T1 - Accounting and emancipation: some critical interventions

AU - Gallhofer, Sonja

AU - Haslam, Jim

N1 - dc.ispartof: Routledge studies in accounting;3

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Accounting

M3 - Book

SN - 9780203986622

BT - Accounting and emancipation: some critical interventions

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -