This book draws on ancient Egyptian inscriptions in order to theorize the relationship between accounting and order. It focuses especially on the performative power of accounting in producing and sustaining order in society. It explores how accounting intervened in various domains of the ancient Egyptian world: the cosmos; life on earth (offerings to the gods; taxation; transportation; redistribution for palace dependants; mining activities; work organization; baking and brewing; private estates and the household; and private transactions in semi-barter exchange); and the cult of the dead....

This book looks at the effectiveness of the 1999 restructuring of the UK through the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the Assemblies for Northern Ireland and Wales, considering the process of devolution and its consequences on the key mechanisms of accounting and democratic accountability. Many of the chapters in this book examine whether devolution is enhancing democratic accountability, or creating a fragmentary state with conflict and tensions between the Westminster government and the devolved bodies. The focus is on the financial mechanisms for democratic accountability both...

This collection of specially commissioned essays has been assembled in memory of Professor Kenneth Hilton of the University of Southampton. The contributors are leading academics in accounting, industrial economics and management science who focus on financial control from a unique multidisciplinary perspective. The essays deal with both the conceptual foundations and empirical evidence surrounding financial control, exploring and documenting practice as well as outlining some problems of applications. The analysis extends from private sector manufacturing organizations to financial services...