Accounting, Accountants and Accountability

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'In his new book Norman Macintosh presents an introduction to "poststructuralist positions on understanding and exploring what accounting is, what accountants do and the relationships between accounting and accountability". For those who have enjoyed and valued his previous books... there are the characteristics familiar to the author of a well-written text, engaging tone and pleasing clarity. In seven approachable chapters Macintosh directs the accounting researcher or general reader around management and financial reporting issues through the lens of various continental social and literary theorists in an enjoyable and approachable style.' - European Accounting Review

'It is always a pleasure to read anything by Norman Macintosh... He has always been one of the great eclectic thinkers in accounting... This short book is a tour de force and, as with all Norman Macintosh's work, is well written in an easy engaging style that leaves the reader with much to think about.' - Accounting and Business Research

'This book should be of interest to those who wish to gain a fairly painless and clear introduction to poststructuralist theory and its application to accounting.' - The British Accounting Review

'Macintosh's book should be required reading for anyone who needs to think critically about accounting, whether academic or practioner, rather than merely to study and practice it as a set of mechanistic procedures.' - International Journal of Accounting 'In his new book Norman Macintosh presents an introduction to 'poststructuralist positions on understanding and exploring what accounting is, what accountants do and the relationships between accounting and accountability. For those who have enjoyed and valued his previous books ... there are the characteristics familiar to the author of a well-written text, engaging tone and pleasing clarity. In seven approachable chapters Macintosh directs the accounting researcher or general reader around management and financial reporting issues through the lens of various continental social and literary theorists in an enjoyable and approachable style.' - European Accounting Review

'It is always a pleasure to read anything by Norman Macintosh ... He has always been one of the great eclectic thinkers in accounting ... This short book is a tour de force and, as with all Norman Macintosh's work, is well written in an easy engaging style that leaves the reader with much to think about.' - Accounting and Business Research

'This book should be of interest to those who wish to gain a fairly painless and clear introduction to poststructuralist theory and its application to accounting.' - The British Accounting Review

'This book presents a well motivated and carefully constructed argument to explain why poststructuralism [in particular, literary theory] is useful in understanding accounting ... [It] aims to inspire the next generation of accounting researchers as well as practitioners as they face the current crisis within the accounting profession and shape the future of the profession.' - Canadian Journal of Administrative Science

'There are two [at least] very strong aspects to this book. The first is that Macintosh introduces his subject clearly and as simply as possible ... Secondly, to him this is not an exercise in abstract intellectual exploration as he continually draws attention to the implications for accounting.' - Pacific Accounting Review