The mobilization of accounting in preening for privatization

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-95

  Craig, Russell ^a   Amernic, Joel ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Canada; Privatization; Railways; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644696812     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570610651957     Document Type: Article

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