Audit culture : how indicators and rankings are reshaping the world /
All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries of accounting, enumeration and ranking f...
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Pluto Press,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2024. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Anthropology, culture and society
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Summary: |
All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries of accounting, enumeration and ranking from an anthropological perspective, drawing on political economy, ethnographic observation and genealogical excavation. |
Carrier Form: | xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-218) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780745336459 0745336450 9780745336350 0745336353 |
Index Number: | HN25 |
CLC: | C913 |
Call Number: | C913/S559-1 |