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Exploring hegemonic change in China: a case of accounting evolution

Exploring hegemonic change in China: a case of accounting evolution Purpose – This paper aims to provide an understanding of how accounting systems have changed across four distinct periods of hegemonic leadership in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using Gramsci's concept of hegemony, periods of leadership and accounting change throughout Chinese history are examined, including the Confucian tradition, the rise of the socialist system followed by the Cultural Revolution in the Maoist era, and the move towards the socialist‐market system in the Dengist era. Findings – This paper shows how political leaders in these different time periods effectively achieved leadership by destroying an existing hegemony, creating a new ideology, and implanting this into people's daily lives in order to successfully mobilise their ideological systems. Consistent with changes in leadership, Chinese accounting systems are shown to have responded to hegemonic shifts across these periods. Originality/value – This paper contributes to understandings of Gramsci's concept of hegemony, explanations of, and motivations for, accounting change, and provides an insight into the evolution of accounting systems throughout time in the context of China. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Review of Accounting Emerald Publishing

Exploring hegemonic change in China: a case of accounting evolution

Lina Xu; Corinne Cortese; Eagle Zhang
Asian Review of Accounting , Volume 21 (2): 15 – Jul 12, 2013
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Abstract

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an understanding of how accounting systems have changed across four distinct periods of hegemonic leadership in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using Gramsci's concept of hegemony, periods of leadership and accounting change throughout Chinese history are examined, including the Confucian tradition, the rise of the socialist system followed by the Cultural Revolution in the Maoist era, and the move towards the socialist‐market system in the Dengist era. Findings – This paper shows how political leaders in these different time periods effectively achieved leadership by destroying an existing hegemony, creating a new ideology, and implanting this into people's daily lives in order to successfully mobilise their ideological systems. Consistent with changes in leadership, Chinese accounting systems are shown to have responded to hegemonic shifts across these periods. Originality/value – This paper contributes to understandings of Gramsci's concept of hegemony, explanations of, and motivations for, accounting change, and provides an insight into the evolution of accounting systems throughout time in the context of China.

Journal

Asian Review of Accounting – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 12, 2013

Keywords: Accounting systems; China; Hegemony; Political ideology

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