The Institutional Barriers to Heterodox Pluralism

The Institutional Barriers to Heterodox Pluralism

This paper applies the feminist concept of epistemological communities to the project of promoting pluralism in the economics discipline. It argues that the review process should require that reviewers are part of the same epistemological community. It argues that a political conception of pluralism...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Review of radical political economics 2010-09, Vol.42 (3), p.338-343
1. Verfasser: Hopkins, Barbara E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Classification
Constraints
Economics
Feminism
Institutionalism
Pluralism
Scientific communities
Tolerance
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Zusammenfassung:This paper applies the feminist concept of epistemological communities to the project of promoting pluralism in the economics discipline. It argues that the review process should require that reviewers are part of the same epistemological community. It argues that a political conception of pluralism based on tolerance is more appropriate than methodological pluralism. JEL classification: A11, B40, B50
ISSN:0486-6134
1552-8502
DOI:10.1177/0486613410377858