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Zusatztext 'Fred Lee is an international treasure to heterodox economics! and this book is a treasure chest for heterodox economists! carefully laying out where we have come from and what we are up against. It is imperative reading for all of those concerned to offer alternatives to an intellectually bankrupt and intolerant mainstream.' -- Ben Fine (SOAS! University of London! UK)'Fred Lee has his finger on the pulse of heterodox economics. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with heterodox economics! its history! and its future. In documenting some of the little-known history of heterodox economics in the 20th century! Fred Lee has created a valuable work that fills a major gap in the literature.' -- Geoffrey Schneider (Bucknell University! USA)'FredLee is a passionate and tireless proponent of heterodox economics! both in his organizational and scholarly activities. In this book the two sets of activities come together. Lee provides an excellent discussion of the history of heterodox economics in context of the organizations and networks of the economics discipline.' -- Wilfred Dolfsma (Utrecht University! the Netherlands)'For decades! Lee has been meticulously documenting the marginalization and even exclusion of heterodox economics in the US and the UK. At last! he has put together his long-awaited! encyclopedic survey of the field. However! this book reads well! not like a dry encyclopedia. Lee adds color by introducing his reader to many of the scholars in order to give a context to their work. ... This book deserves the widest possible circulation. ... Highly recommended. -- CHOICE! M. Perelman (California State University) Informationen zum Autor Frederic Lee is Professor of Economics at University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. Klappentext This book presents a social qua community history of heterodox economics. The author provides the best and most thorough account of the rise of orthodoxy and the response of heterodoxy within economics. Zusammenfassung This book presents a social qua community history of heterodox economics. The author provides the best and most thorough account of the rise of orthodoxy and the response of heterodoxy within economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part I: Heterodox Economics in the United States 2. The Contested Landscape and Dominance in American Economics In the 20th Century 3. Heresy, Blasphemy, and Radical Economics in Post-War America, 1945 - 1970 4. The Contested Landscape of American Economics circa 1965 - 1980 5. The History of Post Keynesian Economics in America, 1971 - 1995 Part II Heterodox Economics in the United Kingdom 6. The Contested Landscape of British Economics, 1900 - 1970 7. Heterodox Economics in Britain, 1970 - 1996 8. Research Assessment Exercise and its Impact on Heterodox Economics, 1989 - 1996 9. Research Assessment Exercise, the State, and the Dominance of Mainstream Economics in British Universities, 2000 - 2003 Part III Heterodox Economics at the Beginning of the 21st Century 10. The Emergence of Heterodox Economics, 1990 - 2006 11. Ranking Heterodox Economic Journals and Departments: Suggested Methodologies ...
