Accounting, Accountants and Accountability (Routledge Studies in Accounting) - Hardcover

Macintosh, Norman

9780415279468: Accounting, Accountants and Accountability (Routledge Studies in Accounting)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415279461 ISBN 13: 9780415279468

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting representations relied upon for years can no longer be taken for granted.

Here, Norman Macintosh argues that we now need to understand accounting in a different manner. Offering several different ways of looking at accounting and accountants, he draws upon the work of eminent thinkers such as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard and Bahktin. In doing this, he develops revolutionary insights into the nature of accounting, pioneering the introduction of contemporary poststructuralist ideas into accounting theory and practice.

With a wide range of examples and case studies, this revolutionary new work will be essential reading for academic and professional accountants along with all those with an interest in the future of accounting.

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About the Author:

Norman Belding Macintosh, Professor Emeritus at Queen's University Canada, has held visiting professorships at various international institutions, and has consulted for major corporations. He has been awarded the Canadian Academic Accounting Association awards for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought, and for Outstanding Contribution to Accounting Education, and he has edited for and published in a number of accounting journals. He has served as chairperson of the Accounting, Behavior and Organizations section of the American Accounting Association. His previous books received world-wide acclaim.

Review:

'It is always a pleasure to read anything by Norman Macintosh ... He has always been one of the great eclectic thinkers in accounting ... This short book is a tour de force and, as with all Norman Macintosh’s work, is well written in an easy engaging style that leaves the reader with much to think about.' - Accounting and Business Research

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