Audit Culture: How Indicators and Rankings Are Reshaping the World

by Susan Wright and Cris Shore

All 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745336450
• ISBN13: 9780745336459
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.2"