The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification - Hardcover

Power, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198289472 ISBN 13: 9780198289470

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Since the early 1980s there has been an explosion of auditing activity in the United Kingdom and North America. Why has this happened? This book is the first systematic exploration of "audit" as a principle of social organization and control. The author critically examines the reasons, means, and consequences of this audit explosion. He raises important questions about the efficacy of audit processes and suggests that the consequences of this must be carefully evaluated.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Power is Professor of Accounting at the London School of Economics. He is a qualified accountant himself and has undertaken audit work for one of the major accounting firms.

Review:

`The book appears just when we need it ... a valuable book.'
Financial Times

`This splendid book tracks what has been happening to the auditing profession in the context of the recent 'managerial turn' ... This is a breath of fresh air.'
LSE Magazine

`This book is valuable precisely because of the obscurity of its subject. Very little has been written about the purpose, context, or process of auditing. This book, therefore, fills a gap. I would recommend this book for managers and physicians interested in understanding and appraising more
critically the role of audit in their ogranisations.'
Lois Quam, BMJ Volume 316, 1998

This is a book for the times...It is wide-ranging and perceptive, showing the fruitfulness of Power's original training in critical philosophy combined with his later specialization in financial accounting...the book provides the most coherent challenge to the audit explosion that has been
offered to date. - Christopher Hood. London School of Economics. 18/1/1998

..subtle, stimulating and important book. - Rudolf Klein. University of Bath. 1998.

This is a book for the times. It will resonate instantly with hard-pressed UK public-sector professionals. It is wede-ranging and perceptive, s howing the fruitfulness of Power's original training in criticalphilosophy combined with his later specialization in financial accounting. The book
provides the most coherent challenge to the audit explosion that has been offered to date. - Christopher Hood. Journal of Public Policy. 18/1/1998.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198289472
• ISBN 13: 9780198289470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200