In a volume that is the product of the longtime Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives in Accounting (ICPA) Project, Broadbent (Royal Holloway, U. of London; U. Of Roehampton, London) and
Laughlin (King’s College London) treat accounting as a discipline that evolved from economic thought into a broader social science. An overarching theme is the interplay between the use of
accounting to control organizational behavior for given intentions and resistance to those intentions. Against the backdrop of changes in the UK through Conservative, New Labour, and Coalition
governments, they introduce ’middle-range’ critical thinking about the nature, functions, practices, and control of accounting. Public sector examples ground the theoretical discussions. Not
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