Accounting, post-productivism and corporate power in UK food and agriculture

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 905-931

  Jack, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri food; Agricultural accounting; Corporate power; Dependency; Productionism; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348981244     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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