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Authors: Brian P. West
ISBN-13: 9780415285698, ISBN-10: 0415285690
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This book investigates the issues raised by the vast array of accounting standards and technical rules which have marked the recent history of accounting.
Acknowledgments | ||
List of abbreviations | ||
1 | Matters in conflict: professionalism, accounting rules and the function of accounting | 1 |
2 | Professions: their nature, roles and responsibilities | 13 |
3 | Accounting as a profession: the extent and origins of occupational authority | 41 |
4 | The nature of accounting rules | 64 |
5 | Explaining the proliferation of accounting rules | 86 |
6 | Professionalism, accounting rules and accounting discourse | 112 |
7 | Professionalism, accounting rules and accounting education | 140 |
8 | Professionalism, accounting rules and accounting practice | 163 |
9 | Advancing professional accounting knowledge | 180 |
Notes | 197 | |
References | 209 | |
Index | 235 |