Concepedia

Inside the machine: The left and finance professionals in Local Government

Capital & Class · 1989 · 28 citations · 22 references

Concepts

Public AffairsAccountancyAccountingGovernmental AccountingLocal FinanceLocal GovernmentLocal GovernanceLocal Government AccountingLocal Government FinanceLocal Public FinanceMunicipal GovernmentPublic Sector AccountingLocal Public Service FinanceMunicipal Financial AdministrationTreasurer Responsibilities

Abstract

The authors argue that the left ‘has underestimated the significance of the treasurer in local authorities’, the authors warn against the lure of ‘creative’ accounting.

References

22

Financial accounting: In communicating reality, we construct reality

Ruth D. Hines · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1988 · 1.2K citations

Business, Accountancy, Accounting +11

Organising the profession: A theoretical and historical examination of the development of the major accountancy bodies in the U.K.

Hugh Willmott · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1986 · 384 citations

Management, Accountancy, Accounting +11

The “real” cultural significance of accounts

Cheryl R. Lehman, Tony Tinker · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1987 · 258 citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Cultural Studies +12

The local state: management of cities and people

Cynthia Cockburn · Race & Class · 1977 · 183 citations

Public Affairs, Urban Planning, Urban Policy +12

Bureaucrats, Budgets and the Growth of the State: Reconstructing an Instrumental Model

Patrick Dunleavy · British Journal of Political Science · 1985 · 175 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +16