Tim B. Thornton

From Economics to Political Economy (eBook, ePUB)

The problems, promises and solutions of pluralist economics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an explanation as to why economics has become so determinedly non-pluralistic, but much attention is also given to exploring and evaluating promising strategies for reform. Strategies examined include working from inside economics, politics and other social science departments, and in establishing dedicated sectors of political economy. Along the way the reader will learn about the worldwide movement of students pushing for greater pluralism in economics, encounter some dramatic case studies in intellectual suppression, and generally gain a fuller sense of the nature and direction of contemporary economics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317392095
• Artikelnr.: 45522658

Autorenporträt

Tim B. Thornton is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Philosophy, and the Institute of Human Security and Social Change at La Trobe University, Australia, where he teaches political economy and convenes La Trobe's Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Master of International Development degrees. Tim has a PhD in economics from La Trobe University and a Master of Arts (International Development) from Monash University, Australia. He has published regularly on the topic of pluralism in economics, the nature and direction of contemporary economics and the relationship between economics and other social sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
2. The sociology of scientific knowledge
3. The changing face of economics
4. Economic pluralism and economics as a science
5. Orthodoxy, heterodoxy and political economy
6. The global student movement for pluralism
7. Economics textbooks
8. Economics departments
9. Reform from within
10. Reform from without
11. Hybrid strategies
12. The market for economic knowledge
13. The three purposes of economics