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Volume 18, Issue 5
1 October 2005
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Editors
Lee Parker;
Lee Parker
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James Guthrie
James Guthrie
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Review Article| October 01 2005

Editorial: Accounting research and the public interest Available to Purchase

Dean Neu;
Dean Neu
Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Cameron Graham
Cameron Graham
Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4205
Print ISSN: 1368-0668
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (2005) 18 (5): 585–591.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570510620457
Purpose

This essay sets out to introduce the special issue.

Design/methodology/approach

The essay discusses a variety of approaches to exploring the relationship between accounting and the public interest, and briefly reviews the contribution of the articles in the issue.

Findings

Not applicable.

Originality/value

The essay argues that accounting research can be opened up by problematizing the notion of the public interest, and by considering not only how accounting constitutes the public interest, but how various public interests constitute accounting.

Keywords:
Public interest, Accounting research, Social structure
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
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