Accounting for Feminism

Exploring Emancipation for Profession and Practice

Kathryn Haynes (Newcastle University, UK)

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25 April 2025

Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology: work & labour; Accounting: study & revision guides; Business strategy

Although gender challenges in accounting are widely acknowledged, research often addresses the relational position of men and women in relation to various issues, without necessarily challenging the underlying structures and social constructions of gender. In contrast, this book takes a much more overtly feminist position, informed by feminist theory, feminist methodology and feminist activism, to challenge these constructs and resulting inequalities. The book addresses contemporary global feminisms and their potential emancipatory implications for accounting, as a profession and as a tool or technology.

It explores feminist theorisations of accounting, offering new insights into their relevance and provides a rich theoretical and practical resource to advance knowledge in the discipline and stimulate further interdisciplinary research. Rather than being issue driven with chapters organised to address particular concerns that relate to gender and accounting, such as parenthood, career progression, accountability etc., the structure of this book is such that the feminist theoretical position is the starting point for each chapter. The book highlights the range of ways that feminism, in its various forms and from numerous theoretical perspectives, can contribute to an understanding of the gender challenges occurring within accounting, and the ways of overcoming them.

In this way, the book provides an integrated discussion of theory, challenge and potential overcoming that will appeal to readers whatever their orientation to feminism or which of the gender challenges within the accounting discipline they are interested in.

By: Kathryn Haynes (Newcastle University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032636597
ISBN 10: 1032636599
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 25 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. The case for feminisms and accounting, scoping the emancipatory potential of accounting 2. Early feminisms, accounting technologies and the professionalisation of accounting 3. Liberal feminism and equal opportunities within the accounting profession 4. Feminist difference and resistance – Class, race, and intersectionality within accounting 5. Postcolonial, decolonial, transnational, Islamic and Muslim feminisms in accounting 6. Influences of poststructuralist feminisms on identities, sexualities, and embodiment in accounting 7. Ecofeminisms, ethic of care and accounting as care 8. Integrating feminist theories, methodologies and activism: The emancipatory potential of feminist accounting

Kathryn Haynes is Professor of Accounting, Northumbria University, UK.

Reviews for Accounting for Feminism: Exploring Emancipation for Profession and Practice

This book is a staggeringly good read and the outcome of impressive scholarship. Many scholars have tackled parts of this important topic, but not one of them has come close to providing an analysis that is as broad and deep as this work. It is, nevertheless, accessible to all and should be part of the canon for anyone working in business as well as academic members of the social science community more generally. Professor Emerita Jane Broadbent, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. In her landmark book, Accounting For Feminism, Professor Haynes has delivered a comprehensive analysis of leading edge research and practice into the role and importance of gender, race, class and culture for the accounting profession. The sweep of issues addressed, from expectations, choices and activism to accounting technologies, sustainability and research methodologies, will make an indelible mark on our global profession and its literature. Professor Lee D. Parker, Research Professor in Accounting, Adam Smith Business School, The University of Glasgow, UK, and Joint Founding Editor - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.