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Behavioural Economics as a Style of Reasoning: On the Rise of Psychological and Social Perspectives in Academic Economics

Hagströmer, William LU (2018) SOCK04 20172
Department of Sociology
Sociology
Abstract
Though there are numerous studies attempting to describe and analyse the internal dynamics of academic economics, the results of these studies are often contradictory. In order to assess the potential usefulness of certain theoretical tools to the sociology of economics, this study presents and analyses an in-depth interview study of behavioural economists at Swedish universities. The theoretical framework under assessment is derived from the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the styles of reasoning approach. Utilizing the concept of styles of scientific reasoning, field theory, capital theory, and the notion of scientific habitus to analyse the rise of behavioural economics into the mainstream of the economics discipline, this study... (More)
Though there are numerous studies attempting to describe and analyse the internal dynamics of academic economics, the results of these studies are often contradictory. In order to assess the potential usefulness of certain theoretical tools to the sociology of economics, this study presents and analyses an in-depth interview study of behavioural economists at Swedish universities. The theoretical framework under assessment is derived from the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the styles of reasoning approach. Utilizing the concept of styles of scientific reasoning, field theory, capital theory, and the notion of scientific habitus to analyse the rise of behavioural economics into the mainstream of the economics discipline, this study concludes that the theoretical framework provides tools that are very useful in the analysis of social phenomena in academic economics. (Less)
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author
Hagströmer, William LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOCK04 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
sociology of economics, behavioral economics, Pierre Bourdieu, styles of reasoning, interdisciplinary research
language
English
id
8934481
date added to LUP
2018-02-01 16:37:27
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2018-02-01 16:37:27
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  abstract     = {{Though there are numerous studies attempting to describe and analyse the internal dynamics of academic economics, the results of these studies are often contradictory. In order to assess the potential usefulness of certain theoretical tools to the sociology of economics, this study presents and analyses an in-depth interview study of behavioural economists at Swedish universities. The theoretical framework under assessment is derived from the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the styles of reasoning approach. Utilizing the concept of styles of scientific reasoning, field theory, capital theory, and the notion of scientific habitus to analyse the rise of behavioural economics into the mainstream of the economics discipline, this study concludes that the theoretical framework provides tools that are very useful in the analysis of social phenomena in academic economics.}},
  author       = {{Hagströmer, William}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Behavioural Economics as a Style of Reasoning: On the Rise of Psychological and Social Perspectives in Academic Economics}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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