Detalls del llibre
In recent years policy makers and scientists have become increasingly interested in the economics of science, and in particular in the relationship between accounting and science. This book, originally published as a special issue of the journal Science in Context, explores the intersections between the sociology and history of science and the sociology of accounting. Using a truly interdisciplinary approach the book draws attention to the constitutive role that practices of economic calculation in general, and of accounting in particular, play for the conduct of science and for the forms of economic life within which science is embedded. The contributors explore a number of issues, including the role of accounting as a distinctive form of administrative objectivity; conceptual exchanges between science and business administration; actuarial practices and their claims to scientificity; conceptions of the factory as a form of laboratory; accounting for research and development expenditure; the emerging role of patents in the physical sciences; and models of scientific accountability. One recurrent theme throughout the book is the manner in which forms of accounting practice construct possibilities for thought and action.
Llegir més - Autor/a Michael (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Power
- ISBN13 9780521556996
- ISBN10 0521556996
- Pàgines 288
- Any Edició 1996
- Fecha de publicación 28/06/1996
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
Ressenyes i valoracions
Accounting and Science: Natural Inquiry and Commercial Reason (Alemany, Francès)
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- Michael (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Power
- 9780521556996



