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_b.S48 2024
100 1 _aShore, Cris,
_d1959-
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245 1 0 _aAudit culture :
_bhow indicators and rankings are reshaping the world /
_cCris Shore and Susan Wright.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aLas Vegas, NV :
_bPluto Press,
_c©2024
300 _a226 pages
_billustrations
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aAnthropology, culture and society
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aSocial indicators
650 0 _aSocial accounting
650 0 _aAnthropology
_xStatistical methods
650 0 _aWork environment
650 0 _aWork measurement
655 0 _aPrint books.
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700 1 _aWright, Susan,
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