 How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 2011, vol. 10 Abstract: The paper analyses the social conditions of a disciplinary evolution and paradigmatic shift. It is based on the history of economics at the EHESS from 1948 to 2005. An analysis of the PhD committees database enables us to trace the importance and evolution of different economic paradigms within this institution. In the early eighties, the traditional interdisciplinary humanist economics was challenged by a new generation of neoclassical engineer-economists. Far from being a mere declination of a general trend in the discipline, this paradigmatic shift was largely contingent, resting on local context and the influence of a few key persons. The exhibition of international capital and the building of political alliances within the assembly were also key elements for the change and for the survival of the new lineage in a rather hostile environment. Keywords: France; heterodox economics; higher education institutions; neoclassical economics; économie hétérodoxe; économie néoclassique; France; institution d’enseignement supérieur; economía heterodoxa; economía neoclásica; Francia; institución de enseñanaza superior (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rvr:journl:2011:9429 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs from Association Recherche et Régulation |
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