Download or read book The Economics and Politics of Accounting written by Christian Leuz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the most part we have accepted the impartiality and objectivity of accounting and not recognized how accounting systems are embedded in a country's economic and legal framework. In this book, international scholars address a number of important questions about the role of accounting in society.