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Book cover image of Accounting and Emancipation, Vol. 3 by Sonja Gallhofer

Authors: Sonja Gallhofer, Jim Haslam
ISBN-13: 9780415220149, ISBN-10: 0415220149
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Sonja Gallhofer

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
1Accounting and emancipation: developing and promoting an alignment1
2Jeremy Bentham, accountant: a radical vision of an emancipatory modern accounting22
3Accounting and emancipatory practice: the mobilising of accounting by socialist agitators of the late nineteenth century66
4Is social accounting the soul of justice? Towards a critical appreciation with emancipatory intent105
5Epilogue: accounting, emancipation and praxis today156
Notes164
Bibliography190
Index217

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