Audit Culture Personal & social issues these tales are by turns

these tales are by turns moving and inspiring

'Haunting' SUNDAY TIMES

'Compelling and original' OBSERVER

the Select Anthology is an ideal resource for students in Roman history survey courses as well as interested general readers seeking a wide-ranging collection of readings on the subject

an informative and beautiful work that will be engaging for students and indispensable for instructors and researchers…

Audit Culture Personal & social issues these tales are by turnsAll 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