The Origins of American Social Science or Auditing

The Origins of American Social Science

Author: Dorothy Ross

Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this book examines how American social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics. Professor Ross argues that American social science receives its distinctive stamp from the ideology of American exceptionalism, the idea that America occupies an exceptional place in history, based on her republican government and wide economic opportunity. Under the influence of this national self-conception, Americans believed that their history was set on a millennial course, exempted from historical change and from the mass poverty and class conflict of Europe. Before the Civil War, this vision of American exceptionalism drew social scientists into the national effort to stay the hand of time. Not until after the Civil War did industrialization force Americans to confront the idea and reality of historical change. The social science disciplines had their origin in that crisis and their development is a story of efforts to evade and tame historical transformation in the interest of exceptionalist ideals. This is the first book to look broadly at American social science in its historical context and to demonstrate the central importance of the national ideology of American exceptionalism to the development of the social sciences and to American social thought generally.

Table of Contents:

Introduction;

Part I. European Social Science in Antebellum America:

1. The discovery of modernity;
2. The American exceptionalist vision;

Part II. The Crisis of American Exceptionalism, 1865-1896:
3. Establishment of the social science disciplines;
4. The threat of socialism in economics and sociology;

Part III. Progressive Social Science, 1896-1914:
5. The liberal revision of American exceptionalism;
6. Marginalism and historicism in economics;
7. Toward a sociology of social control;
8. From historico-politics to political science;

Part IV. American Social Science As The Study Of Natural Process, 1908-1929:
9. Modernist historical consciousness and American liberal change;
10. The advent of scientism; Epilogue; Footnote abbreviations; Footnotes.

Interesting book: The Quest for Cosmic Justice or American Dreamer

Auditing: A Risk Analysis Approach

Author: Larry F Konrath

Utilizing a unique, risk analysis approach to auditing, Konrath's 5e emphasizes auditor identification of risk factors and the allocation of audit resources to high-risk areas. Organized into five distinct parts for better continuity, Konrath's 5e has been completely updated and revised throughout. Konrath's 5e offers expanded coverage of the Internet, assurance services and ethics. These updates and improvements, combined with a built-in, computerized audit practice case, provide an outstanding resource for preparing students for the CPA exam. Auditing: A Risk Analysis Approach, 5e gives students the tools they need to pursue successful careers in a global economy.

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This text guides students through the auditing process from planning through conducting and reporting, and is designed to help students prepare for the auditing portion of the CPA exam. Konrath's (U. of Toledo) risk analysis approach emphasizes auditor identification of risk factors and the allocation of audit resources to high-risk areas. Coverage includes professional responsibility and ethics, legal liability, audit evidence and audit programs, internal control, statistical sampling, substantive audit testing, and other attestation and assurance services. The included CD-ROM contains partially completed audit workpapers in Excel for a practice case. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)