Inside Institutions of Progressive-Era Social Sciences

The Interdisciplinarity of Economics and Sociology

Bibliographic Data

ID7214732
AuthorsMarco Cavalieri (0000-0002-9825-1910, corresponding author), Marco Antonio Ribas Cavalieri (0000-0002-4251-6879, ORCID, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume50
Issue2
Pages345-361
Publication date2016-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Economic Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-3624 • E-ISSN: 1946-326X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00213624.2016.1176476
OpenAlexW2361017925
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited47

In the Progressive Era, sociology and institutional economics shared some important methodological principles and theoretical constructs. This study explores some of these similarities, focusing on the ideas and theories of Albion Small and Franklin Giddings, who were the most important sociologists in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Since the literature on the history of the interdisciplinarity of economics and sociology is somewhat scarce, this study aims to contribute to this historiography by considering the methodological and theoretical underpinnings of early institutional economics — mainly from the standpoint of Veblenian institutional economics

Applied economics · Economics · Heterodox economics · Historiography · Institutional economics · Mainstream economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics