Accounting for hegemony. Fascist ideology and the shifting roles of accounting at the University of Ferrara and the Alla Scala Opera House (1922–1943)

M Bigoni - Accounting History, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Accounting researchers have shown how accounting is implicated in the creation of power
relations. Most studies assume a unidirectional relationship between the ideological beliefs …

Accounting for ignorance: An investigation into corruption, immigration and the state

D Pianezzi, MJ Ashraf - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the financial and immigration mismanagement in Italy in
the context of the recent refugee crisis. The paper contributes to previous accounting studies …

Environmental accounting and state power in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1537–1621)

M Bigoni, S Lazzini, Z Occhipinti… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2022 - emerald.com
Environmental accounting and state power in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1537–1621) |
Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us …

Of power, knowledge and method: The influence of Michel Foucault in accounting history

M Bigoni, L Maran, Z Occhipinti - Accounting History, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Michel Foucault's work had a strong influence not only in philosophy but also in a wide
range of humanistic and social disciplines, including accounting. Notably, the first studies …

When the war is over: Accounting for people with disabilities

M Nikidehaghani, C Cortese - Accounting History, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We assess the extent to which accounting discourse was used during the aftermath of the
Second World War as a way of reconceptualising the notion of a person with disabilities from …

(Job) Keeping up appearances

M Nikidehaghani, C Cortese - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique the Australian Government's JobKeeper
scheme and demonstrate how accounting rationalities were intertwined with the process of …

[HTML][HTML] Popular culture and totalitarianism: Accounting for propaganda in Italy under the Fascist regime (1934–1945)

V Antonelli, M Bigoni, W Funnell, EM Cafaro… - Critical Perspectives on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Throughout history both democratic and totalitarian States have sought to take advantage of
the possible political contributions of art and culture. This study presents the first in-depth …

Accounting for control of Italian culture in the Fascist ethical state: The Alla Scala Opera house

M Bigoni, W Funnell, E Deidda Gagliardo… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The study focusses on the complex interaction between ideological beliefs, culture
and accounting by identifying during Benito Mussolini's time in power the contributions of …

Railway systems and the 'Universal Good of the State': Technologies of government in the nineteenth-century Papal State

V Antonelli, M Bigoni, EM Cafaro… - Accounting …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Informed by Foucault's concept of governmentality, the article focuses on the nineteenth-
century General Commissariat for the Railroad Industry in the Papal State. Unlike in liberal …

Accounting for Napoleonic imperialism in Tuscany and the Kingdom of Naples

T Di Cimbrini, W Funnell, M Bigoni, S Migliori… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of accounting in the enactment of
the Napoleonic imperial project in Tuscany and the Kingdom of Naples in the early …