Governing Science and economic growth at a distance
Accounting Representation and the Management of Research and Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2160482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Robson |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 461-481 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085149300000029 |
| OpenAlex | W2300263346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
Science and technology in the UK have been the site of governmental problematization during the 1980s. Although research and development activity has, since the Second World War, been conceived as a significant component of economic growth and future national prosperity, the neo-liberalist philosophy of reining in public expenditures and state intervention and encouraging private, ‘market’ solutions has seemingly conflicted with this valorization of science and technology, to the extent that a major proportion of R&D is UK government funded. How companies account for R&D has been elevated through the accountancy bodies by particular government agencies as a way of addressing this conflict. Drawing upon Foucault's concept of governmentality (Foucault 1991) this paper examines the relationships and linkages between R&D activity, governmental discourses and rationales, and the accounting technologies that have been called upon in the attempt to reconcile, at a distance, the problem of governing science and promoting economic growth
Economic growth · Economic interventionism · Economics · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Governmentality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Problematization · Prosperity · Social science · Sociology · Technoscience · Accounting and Organizational Management · Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance · Management and Organizational Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2011 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |