The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament. Instilling effective financial control and accountability for the use of public funds and the proper conduct of public business has been an incremental...

List of tables and figures -- The imperative of power: accounting in diverse settings / Michele Bigoni and Warwick Funnell -- Accounting and the church -- Accounting and the diffusion of sacred values in the Diocese of Ferrara (1431-1457) / Michele Bigoni, Enrico Eeidda Gagliardo and Warwick...