Governmentality and identity construction through 50 years of personal income tax returns: The case of an immigrant couple in Canada

Bujaki, Merridee; Gaudet, Stéphanie; Iuliano, Rosa M.

doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2017.02.005

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“…Meanwhile, the majority of studies investigating refugee entrepreneurships in developing CORs (see Table 4 for wave 3) have made use of theories that center upon economic development, institutional theories, camp economies, and livelihood approaches (e.g., [83,101,103,107,108,110,111,121]). There have also been a number of studies that have applied micro-level theories, such as those dealing with personal traits, motivation theories, and identity theories (e.g., [72,75,77,94,96,113,125]), while some have presented a more philosophic and theoretical consideration dealing with the phenomenon of "being", perceiving it through, for example, the ontology of belonging (e.g., [118]), the meaning of citizenship (e.g., [117]), resilience humanitarianism (e.g., [124]), and neoliberal theory [110].…”

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From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship

Heilbrunn¹,

Iannone

2020

Sustainability

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This paper presents a qualitative, systematic literature review of refugee entrepreneurship research that has been published in academic outlets, up to 2018. We synthesize the contributions to the field, providing a state of the art, so as to elucidate our current understandings of the phenomenon and highlight gaps that will help enhance our future approaches and knowledge. The empirical analysis reveals a fast emerging, eclectic field, with research from a wide range of disciplines, produced by the ‘academic center’, largely in the ‘academic periphery’. Publication numbers have been on the rise, especially in the last ten years, yet, there is very little mutual acknowledgement and discussions arising between researchers, as revealed by a bibliometric analysis. A content analysis shows three main waves of publications based on countries of origin, countries of residence, and migration timeframes. The vast majority of publications take on an exploratory approach to research, with diverse theoretical framings from an array of disciplines, and the thematic clusters reveal how researchers are attempting to tease out the distinctiveness of refugee entrepreneurs from other, closely related entrepreneurship groups.

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Section: Theoretical Framingmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship

Heilbrunn¹,

Iannone

2020

Sustainability

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“…technologies of government) in Alpha draws from the governmentality literature (Foucault, 1991), specifically Dean's (2010) analytics of government. Dean (2010) suggests that in neoliberal states central government does not attempt to achieve its objectives through direct controls, but power (governance) is exercised through a network of diverse elements as the role of government is reduced to enabling citizens to help themselves (Bujaki et al, 2017). Foucault (1991, p. 102) terms this complex network of diverse constituents forming government as 'governmentality', defining it as "[t]he ensemble formed by the institutions, procedures, analysis and reflections, the calculations and tactics that allow the exercise of this very specific albeit complex form of power".…”

Section: Governmentality and Analytics Of Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Accounting (i.e. MCS) can be instrumental in identity formation as through the processes of measurement, reporting and making (subjects) visible, it impacts on subjects and the relationships they have with themselves and the governing authorities (Walker, 2016; Bujaki et al , 2017). Understanding the identity created for the SPV is important given PFI policy discourse contends that the private sector can bring improved services, innovation and hence VFM (Shaoul et al , 2007; Rangel and Galende, 2010).…”

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Toward an understanding of strategic control at a distance in public service delivery

Ahmad

Connolly

Demirag³

2020

AAAJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how localized (organization-level) actors of policy initiatives that are inspired by neoliberal ideologies use management accounting and control practices. Specifically, it addresses the operational stages of a case study Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract within the United Kingdom's (UK's) transport sector of roads for embedding government objectives in the underlying project road.Design/methodology/approachThis paper adopts Dean's (2010) analytics of government to unpack the accounting-based control practices within the case study contract in order to articulate how, at the micro level, the government's objective of improving road-users' safety is enacted, modified and maintained through such regimes.FindingsDrawing on a content-based analysis of UK government PFI policy and extensive case study-specific documents, together with interviews and observations, this research provides theoretical insights about how control practices, at a distance without direct intervention, function as forms of power for government for shaping the performance of the PFI contractor. The authors find that the public sector's accounting control regimes in the case study project have a constraining effect on “real partnership working” between the government and private contractors and on the private sector's incentive to innovate.Research limitations/implicationsBy analyzing a single road case study PFI contract, the findings may not be generalizable.Originality/valueThis paper provides significant theoretically informed insights about how public service delivery that is outsourced to private contractors is controlled by government at a distance within complex organizational arrangements (e.g. PFI).

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“…It is important to note that government involvement in immigrants’ settlement and support is not inconsistent with the concept of neoliberal governmentality. As Morales Gendron and Guénin‐Paracini (2014) and Bujaki et al (2017) argue, neoliberalism recognizes that government can set the stage or provide the framework that enables private agents to play major roles in the economy. Settlement support agencies could be given the necessary tools to provide entrepreneurship training as an option available to immigrants who may have interest in business ownership, but who lack the resources and/or do not know where to go for help.…”

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Programming for Immigrant Women in Canada: Is Entrepreneurship Neglected?

Kalu

Okafor

2020

International Migration

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This study examines the demand and supply dynamics of entrepreneurship support services for new immigrant women in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Ontario, Canada. Empirical evidence presented in this study reveals significant unmet needs for entrepreneurship support services. Major reasons for the inability of settlement agencies to meet the entrepreneurship needs of new immigrants include prioritization of other support services and lack of funding. The study identifies unfamiliarity with the Canadian environment, discrimination, business regulations that are difficult to satisfy, and unlikely tendencies of the immigrants to ask for support as some of the key challenges to entrepreneurship among immigrant women. However, these challenges may be ameliorated with enhanced entrepreneurship and language training, information awareness campaigns and more funding, among other factors. The findings have practical implications for accountable governments and non‐governmental organizations as they design and/or redesign immigration and settlement policies to facilitate integration of new immigrants.

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Governmentality and identity construction through 50 years of personal income tax returns: The case of an immigrant couple in Canada

Cited by 18 publications

References 41 publications

From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship

From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship

Toward an understanding of strategic control at a distance in public service delivery

Programming for Immigrant Women in Canada: Is Entrepreneurship Neglected?

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