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Interdisciplinary Economics: Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences book cover

1st Edition

Interdisciplinary Economics Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences

Edited By Wilfred Dolfsma, Stefan Kesting Copyright 2013
658 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

632 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

632 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more
1. General Introduction Sefan Kesting and Wilfred Dolfsma  2. Systems Theory  3. Unity of Social Sciences  4. Economics & Morality  5. Communication/Persuasion  6. Power Theory  7. Evolutionary economics  8. Institutions / Institutional Economics  9. Spaceship Earth (ecological economics)  10. Cultural Economics  11. Grant economics  12. Conflict resolution, Peace  13. Teaching Economics  14. The Future of Economics  15. Epilogue Stefan Kesting and Wilfred Dolfsma

Biography

Wilfred Dolfsma is chair of Innovation at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Stefan Kesting is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

'Only a book of this sweeping scope could serve as a suitable tribute to a mind like Kenneth Boulding’s. It can also be used as an introduction to his work, his style, and his influence on not only the economics profession but social science and scholarship in general. As one of his students, I am glad that through this collection his work can influence others in the way it influenced me.' - Robert Scott Gassler, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

'This is great homage to the perennial themes of the work of Kenneth Boulding and more. The volume should ignite interest in trans-disciplinary research—where the exchanges among disciplines would lead to a unified social theory research.' - Elias L. Khalil, Monash University, Australia

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