The politics of accounting, race and ethnicity: A story of a Chiefly-based preferencing

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 551-577

  Davie, Shanta S K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Chiefly hegemony; Development racism; Ethnicity; Preferential initiatives; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844404281     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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