ABSTRACT

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 thei

chapter 1|21 pages

Accounting and emancipation

Developing and promoting an alignment

chapter 2|44 pages

Jeremy Bentham, accountant

A radical vision of an emancipatory modern accounting

chapter 3|39 pages

Accounting and emancipatory practice

The mobilising of accounting by socialist agitators of the late nineteenth century

chapter 4|51 pages

Is social accounting the soul of justice?

Towards a critical appreciation with emancipatory intent

chapter 5|8 pages

Epilogue

Accounting, emancipation and praxis today