The Meaning and Purpose of Interdisciplinary Studies As Applied to Development Economics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11935247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Streeten (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 144-148 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/isr.1976.1.2.144 |
| OpenAlex | W2005585685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
There are three distinct reasons for interdisciplinary work in development studies. First, specialists in different disciplines may work together on a specific practical planning problem. Second, assumptions, concepts or method evolved in one discipline may yield fruitful results when applied to the problem previously treated by another. Third, the concepts, model and paradigms may have to be recast so as to encompass variable previously separated in distinct disciplines because of tbe demand of the social reality of a different culture. This is illustrated with the concept 'capital'. There is a conservative and a radical version. In the former, new wine can be poured into old bottle; in the latter, wholly new concepts and models must be constructed
Capital (architecture · Economics · Epistemology · Management science · Meaning (existential · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Variable (mathematics · Work (physics · Yield (engineering · Engineering · History · International Development and Aid · Mathematics · Philosophy · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |