1. Introduction : scope of the book and survey of subsequent chapters -- 2. Further reflections on ontology -- 3. Bhaskar's transcendentalism and related philosophies -- 4. Social reality : its manifestation in accounting and management -- 5. Accounting representation and Baudrillard's orders of...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The nineteenth century: An international survey -- chapter 3 German language area: rst half of the twentieth century -- chapter 4 German language area: Second half of the twentieth century -- chapter 5 Accounting research in Italy: rst half of the twentieth...