Audit Cultures by Marilyn Strathern

Audit Cultures by Marilyn Strathern

Do audit cultures deliver greater responsibility, or do they stifle creative thought? We are all increasingly subjected to auditing, and alongside that, subject to accountability for our behaviour and actions. Audit cultures pervade in the workplace, our governmental and public institutions as well as academia. However, audit practices themselves have consequences, beneficial and detrimental, that often go unexamined. This book examines how pervasive practices of accountability are, the political and cultural conditions under which accountability flourishes and the consequences of their application. Twelve social anthropologists look at this influential and controversial phenomenon, and map out the effects around Europe and the Commonwealth, as well as in contexts such as the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and Academic institutions. The result provides an excellent insight into auditing and its dependence on precepts of economic efficiency and ethical practice. This point of convergence between these moral and financial priorities provides an excellent opening for debate on the culture of management and accountability.

'Deeply interesting..The book stands as an important and persuasive testament to alternative ways of responding to racism and sexism' - JARI

'Deeply interesting..The book stands as an important and persuasive testament to alternative ways of responding to racism and sexism' - JARI

Marilyn Strathern is Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University and Mistress of Girton College.

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ISBN 13	9780415233279
ISBN 10	0415233275
Title	Audit Cultures
Author	Marilyn Strathern
Series	European Association Of Social Anthropologists
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2000-07-13
Number of pages	324
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