Pioneers of Critical Accounting

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<p>This book celebrates the life and work of Tony Lowe, a pioneer ofcritical accounting. The authors elaborate on the fact that Tony Lowe regardedaccounting as a moral and political practice rather than some dry technicalphenomena because it has serious social consequences. The essays in the bookare written by a global community of Tonys former colleagues and students andshow the value of adopting interdisciplinary perspectives. The essays locateaccounting and business practices in wider social, economic and politicalcontexts to show that Tonys ideas had far reaching applications forregulation, corporation governance, accounting, auditing, the environment,corporate social responsibility, organisational accountability, gender, race,globalization and the functioning of the state. The book is suitable forundergraduate and postgraduate students, scholars and practitioners seeking tofree themselves from the shackles of conventional views about accounting andbusiness practices.</p>

Autorenportrait

<p><b>Jim Haslam</b> is Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society at the University of Sheffield, UK. His career in academia now spans over thirty years. He has published widely in several leading journals and is joint author (with Sonja Gallhofer) of <i>Accounting and Emancipation: Some Critical Interventions</i>.<b> </b></p> <p><b>Prem Sikka </b>is Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex, UK. He has advised and given evidence to parliamentary committees. He holds the Working for Justice Award from Tax Justice Network, Accounting Exemplar Award from the American Accounting Association and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Accounting and Finance Association and PQ Magazine.</p>

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