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Accounting and subalternity: enlarging a research space

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Purpose - The paper aims to describe the construction of thisAAAJspecial issue as an exercise in creating and consolidating social space for innovative accounting research. Design/methodology/approach - A review of prior literature and the events leading to thisAAAJissue are used to provide a context for the articles appearing in the issue. Findings - The paper suggests that accounting research is implicated in subalternity in complex ways, both through its construction of the subject of research and in its attempts to reproduce accounting researchers habituated to Western academic norms and practices. Research limitations/implications - The paper sets out some conditions for innovative accounting research on less developed countries and indigenous peoples. Originality/value - This journal issue is an attempt to expand research space by bringing together authors from different areas of accounting research, as well as a consolidation of vibrant existing streams of research. The paper introduces the special issue.

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  • Cameron Graham, 2009. "Accounting and subalternity: enlarging a research space," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 22(3), pages 309-318, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aaajpp:v:22:y:2009:i:3:p:309-318
    DOI: 10.1108/09513570910945633
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