The Colonisation of Social Sciences by Economics
This website covers continuing work and work previously undertaken under ESRC award R000271046 to investigate The New Revolution in Economics and Its Impact upon Social Sciences. Its main aim is to assess the impact on other social sciences of what is hypothesised to be a revolution in and around economics. The latter promises to end what is primarily the isolation of mainstream economics from the other social sciences, as economics extends its scope of application beyond its traditional study of market relations. As the other social sciences are seeking to incorporate an economic content in reaction against the extremes of post-modernism and neo-liberalism, major changes are occurring unevenly across social theory. It is intended to assess these through an overview but primarily by examining particular themes or topics.
