Homogénéiser la profession pour faire science ?
Through the constitution of membership criteria to the discipline, this article studies the question of “making science” in economics. The article reconstructs a sequence during which the constitution of membership criteria and homogenization of the disciplinary corpus were crystallized: the standar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Éditions de la Sorbonne
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Revue d’Histoire des Sciences Humaines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rhsh/696 |
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| Summary: | Through the constitution of membership criteria to the discipline, this article studies the question of “making science” in economics. The article reconstructs a sequence during which the constitution of membership criteria and homogenization of the disciplinary corpus were crystallized: the standardization of PhD program. Based on an analysis of the Bowen Report, the paper focuses on the role of the American Economic Association in this process and analyzes the challenges associated with heterogeneity and lack of certification for a discipline going through a professionalization process and claiming the authority of science. Contemporary economists often claim the exceptionality of their discipline within the human and social sciences by highlighting its consensual character. The article shows that constitution of membership criteria and the homogenization of the disciplinary corpus are essential to create the conditions for a consensus to settle. |
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| ISSN: | 1963-1022 |