La théorie des conventions chez les économistes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4078823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alain Rallet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 62 |
| Pages | 43-61 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Réseaux (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0751-7971 • E-ISSN: 1777-5809 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/reso.1993.2573 |
| OpenAlex | W2080708100 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article examines the contribution of the economy of conventions to economic analysis. It is part of current research on economic agents' modes of coordination, based on a critique of standard neoclassical theory. Throughout this research, the main aim of conventions economy is to establish an individual and collective dialectic within coordination mechanisms. In so doing, it makes theoretical propositions on the nature of individuals and communities, as well as on the procedure of going from one to the other. The argument defended in this article is that such a research programme is incompatible with the postulate of methodological individualism from which the conventionalists claim to draw their inspiration. But it is not compatible with holism either. It thus implies questioning that which, ultimately, is the basis for opposition between individualism and holism, i.e. the division of work between the social sciences at the end of the last century. It is therefore not clear how conventions economy could renew economic analysis without challenging its foundations
Argument (complex analysis · Dialectic · Economics · Epistemology · Holism · Individualism · Market economy · Methodological individualism · Neoclassical economics · Opposition (politics · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |