Protest and the Politics of Blame or Management Accounting

Protest and the Politics of Blame: The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages

Author: Debra Lynn Javelin

How to explain the absence of wide-scale protest over unpaid wages in Russia? At its peak, Russia?s wage arrears crisis involved some $10 billion worth of unpaid wages and has affected approximately 70 percent of the workforce, adding up to one of the biggest problems facing the country. Yet public protest has been puzzlingly limited.

In her new book, Protest and the Politics of Blame: The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages, Debra Javeline, member of the Comparative Democratization section of the APSA, shows that to understand the Russian public?s reaction to wage delays, one must examine the ease or difficulty of attributing blame for the crisis. Testing conventional wisdom with data from an original nationwide survey, Javeline shows that understanding causal relationships drives human behavior and that specificity in blame attribution for a problem influences whether people address that problem through protest.

About the Author:
Debra Javeline is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rice University

Interesting book: Merry Christmas from the South or Very Cranberry

Management Accounting

Author: W Steve Albrecht

Albrecht introduces readers to basic accounting concepts, excites them by using lots of real world examples (both U.S. and international), provides them with some basic accounting knowledge, and then shows them how accounting is used and analyzed in actual case situations. This book does not take an encyclopedic approach to every possible nuance of costing and cost management since users who desire that level of detail will find it in more advanced classes.

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A text/CD-ROM package on interpreting and using financial and accounting information. Coverage begins with cost-volume-profit relationships and extends through capital investment, managing accounting information in the new business environment, and evaluating products and personnel. Learning aids include objectives, vignettes, review problems, Internet exercises, and ethics and international cases. This second edition features enhanced integration of real company financial information and real-world examples. The CD-ROM helps students understand how concepts from the text can assist them in making better personal financial decisions. Albrecht is professor of accountancy and director of the School of Accountancy & Information Systems at Brigham Young University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PART M1: FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING. M1. Introduction to Management Accounting. M2. Manufacturing Cost Systems. M3. Merchandising and Service Cost Systems. M4. Management Acounting Information in the New Business Environment. PART M2: PLANNING, CONTROL, AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. M5. Analyzing Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships. M6. Evaluating Performance. M7. Operating Budgets. PART M3: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF DECISION MAKING. M8. Relevant Costs for Non-routine Decisions. M9. Capital Investment Decisions. M10. Continuous Improvement in Management Accounting. Appendix A: Microsoft 1999 Annual Report. Appendix B. Glossary. Appendix C. Check Figures. Indexes-Subject-Company-Internet.