The spate of public sector reforms which have taken place in the last decades has triggered the development of a new body of research around public sector accounting and performance measurement both in public administration as well as in the (public sector) accounting literature. However, studies in accounting and public administration have at times ignored each other, proceeding in parallel.
This symposium encourages the adoption of interdisciplinary perspectives in exploring the myriad roles played by accounting and performance management systems in contemporary public administration. Emphasizing that accounting and performance measurement systems are socially, politically, culturally constructed and, in turn, are implicated in the creation of organizations, society, and political values, this symposium aims at extending the dialogue between accounting and public administration scholars in exploring how accounting, accountability and performance measurement considerations are connected to policymaking, public services and more generally the building and maintenance of modern states and democracies.
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