* Explores a range of the intellectual traditions in accounting research, and their implications for the social sciences more widely * With the recent financial and banking crises, accounting is very much to the fore of social science concerns * This book examines accounting within its social...

This essay addresses the implications of accounting and hybrids for the management of risk. It suggests that the management of organizations is rapidly being transformed into and formalized around the management of risk, while much of the real management of risks occurs elsewhere. We argue...

This paper examines the ‘modernising government' initiative in the UK, and the ‘flexibilities' – lead commissioning, integrated provision, and pooled budgets – introduced in the Health Act 1999. This policy reform, and the associated tools to operationalise it, placed ideas of...

Did minority voters use early voting reforms in the 2008 election? Previous research has shown convenience voting reforms differentially motivate participation among the electorate. However, the co-ethnic mobilization literature suggests that minority voters are more likely to vote in the...