The (In) Spectre Returns! Global Capitalism and the Future of Work

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

“…It often views globalisation negatively, expressing concerns that many reforms fail or have limited success, and that the voices, interests and needs of DCs are subservient to powerful Northern institutions' interests and hegemony; for instance, Esposito et al (1998) and DiFazio (1998) claim that although globalisation could raise living standards, it has contributed to hollowedout welfare states, growing unemployment, and repressive employment conditions. Lehman (2009) argues that deregulation, outsourcing and privatisation are heralded because they 1 For ease of presentation transnational corporations are included under the acronym MNC.…”

A Critical Theory and Postmodernist approach to the teaching of accounting theory

“…In the Postmodern world, where the future of many accounting students will be jobless (diFazio, 1998;Esposito et al, 1998), joyless (Tinker and Koutsoumadi, 1998), and increasingly commoditised (Tinker and Koutsoumadi, 1997;Kell, 2004, p. 44), and many will not do accounting work of any type Koutsoumadi, 1997, 1998), a critical approach to accounting education will assist to foster the generic skills vital to personal self-confidence, self-image, and capability at a range of tasks and in a range of contexts (i.e. personal adaptability).…”

“…1 Using the whole-of-person approach education's primary goal is seen to be the fostering of civic consciousness (Lovat, 2004, p. 107) and generic skills. Critical theorists believe that the fostering of personal adaptability in "the jobless future" or the "post-work era" (diFazio, 1998;Esposito et al, 1998) is one of the most important benefits that education can offer (Kincheloe and McLaren, 1997, p. 52). By contrast, under the "vocational perspective", the goal of education is assumed to be meeting the immediate needs of business.…”

“…Many accounting students will not in the future work in any form of accounting; let alone professional practice Koutsoumadi, 1997, 1998). In fact, many students will experience a future, which is jobless (diFazio, 1998;Esposito et al, 1998), joyless (Tinker and Koutsoumadi, 1998), and increasingly commoditised (Tinker and Koutsoumadi, 1997;Kell, 2004, p. 44).…”

“This is England”: Punk rock’s realist/idealist dialectic and its implications for critical accounting education

“…nothing of sociological importance) has altered. Only the old man is 22 In regards income inequality in the specific contemporary context of globalization see Boyce (2006); diFazio (1998); Esposito et al (1998);Fishman (2006); Held & McGrew (2002);Hoogvelt (1997); Jones & Fleming (2003); Korten (2001); Nederveen Pieterse (2002);Worthington (2000). 23 Writing under the name of a pseudonym is a common literary device of philosophers as Søren Kierkegaard did in his classic existentialist books Fear and trembling (1985) and The sickness unto death (1989).…”