Debt to Society Accounting for Life under Capitalism

Name: Debt to Society Accounting for Life under Capitalism
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ISBN: 9780816687442

ISBN-10: 0816687447

ISBN-13: 9780816687442

Edition: 3rd 2014

Authors: Miranda Joseph

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It is commonplace to say that criminals pay their debt to society by spending time in prison, but what is a "debt to society"? How is crime understood as a debt? How has time become the equivalent for crime? And how does criminal debt relate to the kind of debt held by consumers and university students?In Debt to Society, Miranda Joseph explores modes of accounting as they are used to create, sustain, or transform social relations. Envisioning accounting broadly to include financial accounting, managerial accounting of costs and performance, and the calculation of "debts to society" owed by criminals, Joseph argues that accounting technologies have a powerful effect on social dynamics by…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 9/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English