Appearance of accounting in a political hegemony

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-339

  Alawattage, Chandana ^a   Wickramasinghe, Danture ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Civil society; Colonialism; Gramsci; Hegemony; Labour control; Plantations; Post colonial politics; Sri Lanka; Third World

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649116450     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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