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AHistoryofHeterodoxEconomicsChallengingthemainstreaminthetwentiethcentury ByFredericLee,ProfessorofEconomicsatUniversityofMissouri‐KansasCity,USA.
Economicsisacontestedacademicdisciplinebetweenneoclassicaleconomicsandacollectionofalternativeapproaches,suchasMarxism‐radicaleconomics,Institutionaleconomics,PostKeynesianeconomics,andothers,thatcancollectivelybecalledheterodoxeconomics.Becauseofthedominanceofneoclassicaleconomics,theexistenceofthealternativeapproachesisgenerallynotknown.Thisbookisconcernedwiththecommunityhistoryofheterodoxeconomics,seenprimarilythroughtheeyesofMarxian‐radicaleconomicsandPostKeynesianeconomics.
Throughoutthe20thcenturyneoclassicaleconomistsinconjunctionwithstateanduniversitypowerhaveattackedheterodoxeconomistsandtriedtocleansethemfromtheacademy.ProfessorLee,hisgroundbreakingnewtitlediscussesissuesincludingthecontestedlandscapeofAmericaneconomicsinthe1970s,theemergenceandestablishmentofPostKeynesianeconomicsintheUSandthedevelopmentofheterodoxeconomicsinBritainfrom1970to1996.
Reviews
'FredLeeisaninternationaltreasuretoheterodoxeconomics,andthisbookisatreasurechestforheterodoxeconomists,carefullylayingoutwherewehavecomefromandwhatweareupagainst.Itisimperativereadingforallofthoseconcernedtoofferalternativestoanintellectuallybankruptandintolerantmainstream.'‐‐BenFine(SOAS,UniversityofLondon,UK)
'FredLeehashisfingeronthepulseofheterodoxeconomics.Thisbookwillbeofinteresttoanyoneconcernedwithheterodoxeconomics,itshistory,anditsfuture.Indocumentingsomeofthelittle‐knownhistoryofheterodoxeconomicsinthe20thcentury,FredLeehascreatedavaluableworkthatfillsamajorgapintheliterature.'‐‐GeoffreySchneider(BucknellUniversity,USA)
'FredLeeisapassionateandtirelessproponentofheterodoxeconomics,bothinhisorganizationalandscholarlyactivities.Inthisbookthetwosetsofactivitiescometogether.Leeprovidesanexcellentdiscussionofthehistoryofheterodoxeconomicsincontextoftheorganizationsandnetworksoftheeconomicsdiscipline.'‐‐WilfredDolfsma(UtrechtUniversity,theNetherlands)
'Fordecades,LeehasbeenmeticulouslydocumentingthemarginalizationandevenexclusionofheterodoxeconomicsintheUSandtheUK.Atlast,hehasputtogetherhislong‐awaited,encyclopedicsurveyofthefield.However,thisbookreadswell,notlikeadryencyclopedia.Leeaddscolorbyintroducinghisreadertomanyofthescholarsinordertogiveacontexttotheirwork....Thisbookdeservesthewidestpossiblecirculation....Highlyrecommended.‐‐CHOICE,M.Perelman(CaliforniaStateUniversity)
TableofContents
1.IntroductionPartI:HeterodoxEconomicsintheUnitedStates2.TheContestedLandscapeandDominanceinAmericanEconomicsInthe20thCentury3.Heresy,Blasphemy,andRadicalEconomicsinPost‐WarAmerica,1945–19704.TheContestedLandscapeofAmericanEconomicscirca1965–19805.TheHistoryofPostKeynesianEconomicsinAmerica,1971–1995PartIIHeterodoxEconomicsintheUnitedKingdom6.TheContestedLandscapeofBritishEconomics,1900–19707.HeterodoxEconomicsinBritain,1970–19968.ResearchAssessmentExerciseanditsImpactonHeterodoxEconomics,1989–19969.ResearchAssessmentExercise,theState,andtheDominanceofMainstreamEconomicsinBritishUniversities,2000–2003PartIIIHeterodoxEconomicsattheBeginningofthe21stCentury10.TheEmergenceofHeterodoxEconomics,1990‐200611.RankingHeterodoxEconomicJournalsandDepartments:SuggestedMethodologies
2009|Hardback:978‐0‐415‐77714‐8£80.00NOW£64.00$130.00NOW$104.00Formoreinformationvisit:http://www.routledge.com/9780415777148
