03149cam a2200409 i 4500 24025258 20250507115424.0 t| 250210s2024 enka b 001 0 eng d 2025417274 9780745336459 (paperback) (OCoLC)on1427568729 (DLC)24025258 StDuBDS eng rda CDX CDX OCLCO EEM LVT YDX MUU OH# DLC DLC-MRC DLC AU lccopycat Alfaisal Main Library HN25 .S48 2024 Shore, Cris, 1959- author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Audit culture : how indicators and rankings are reshaping the world / Cris Shore and Susan Wright. London ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press, ©2024 226 pages illustrations 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Anthropology, culture and society Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index. Introduction : audit culture and the new world (dis)order -- Rankings as populist project : governing by numbers and hollowing out democracy -- The big four accountancy firms and the evolution of contemporary capitalism -- Global governance through standards, seduction and soft power -- Metrics, managerialism and market making : unlocking value in healthcare -- Reforming higher education : the Kafkaesque pursuit of 'world class' status -- The new subjects of audit : performance management and quantified selves -- Conclusion : repurposing audit - restoring trust, accountability and democracy. "All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries of accounting, enumeration and ranking from an anthropological perspective, drawing on political economy, ethnographic observation and genealogical excavation. 'Audit Culture' is the first book to systematically document and analyse these phenomena and their implications for democracy. The book explores how audit culture operates across a wide range of fields, including health, higher education, NGOs, finance, the automobile industry and the military. The authors build a powerful critique of contemporary public sector management in an age of neoliberal market-making, privatisation and outsourcing. They conclude by offering a raft of suggested actions to reverse its damaging effects on communities, reclaim professional autonomy, and restore the democratic accountability that audit culture is systematically undermining."--Publisher's website. Social indicators Social accounting Anthropology Statistical methods Work environment Work measurement Print books. local 4 Wright, Susan, 1951- author http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut lcc BOOKS 604220 604220 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-05-07 0 HN25 .S48 2024 AU00000000020598 2025-05-07 08:55:40 195.00 2025-05-07 BOOKS