On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>wrote:
> is this the one?
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Audit-Society-Rituals-Verification/dp/0198296037/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255116173&sr=1-3
>
> with a rec like the one you give below, i will buy it on the spot.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Michael, do you know Michael Power's book The Audit Society? Power is,
> or
> > was, Chair of the Accounting Dept at LSE and - to at least my staggered
> > surprise - is well versed in various brands of critical social theory.
> He
> > completely destroys the neolib and neocon love of assessment, audits and
> > certification.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Michael Perelman
> > <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>wrote:
> >
> > > Don't forget the continual accumulation of layers of bureaucracy, some
> of
> > > which is the product of government demands for assessment, but
> certainly
> > > not all.
> > > --
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> > > California State University
> > > Chico, CA 95929
> > >
> > > Tel. 530-898-5321
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