THE COMMODIFICATION OF THE DANISH DEFENCE FORCES AND THE TROUBLED IDENTITIES OF ITS OFFICERS

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-268

  Skærbæk, Peter ^a   Thorbjørnsen, Stefan ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actor network theory; identity; military; performance auditing; performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249206325     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2007.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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