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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465085603321

Autore

Boulding Kenneth E (Kenneth Ewart), <1910-1993., >

Titolo

Interdisciplinary economics : Kenneth E. Boulding's engagement in the sciences / / edited by Wilfred Dolfsma and Stefan Kesting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-08183-9

0-203-52021-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (632 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 155

Altri autori (Persone)

DolfsmaWilfred

KestingStefan <1965->

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics

Social sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Systems theory -- pt. 3. Unity of social sciences -- pt. 4. Economics and morality -- pt. 5. Communication/persuasion -- pt. 6. Power theory -- pt. 7. Evolutionary economics -- pt. 8. Institutions/institutional economics -- pt. 9. Spaceship earth (ecological economics) -- pt. 10. Cultural economics -- pt. 11. Grants economics -- pt. 12. Conflict resolution, peace -- pt. 13. Teaching economics -- pt. 14. The future of economics.

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Kenneth Boulding was a prolific writer across so many different fields that not only is he often much referred to and cited, he is considered a core member of many of these fields. Boulding is the quintessential interdisciplinary scholar. He died in 1993, but he has left a legacy in economics, conflict studies, systems theory, ecology, biology, communication studies, and ethics. As an economist proper he has tested and expanded the boundaries of that field without unduly ""invading"" and undermining the expertise and established knowledge of the other social sciences. This proposed volume w