Pluralism in University Economics Teaching: The Case of France

Pluralisme dans l'enseignement d'économie à l'université: le cas de la France

Sophie Jallais (), Florence Jany Catrice, Arthur Jatteau () and Nadine Thevenot ()
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Sophie Jallais: PHARE - Philosophie, Histoire et Analyse des Représentations Économiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Florence Jany Catrice: UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Arthur Jatteau: CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Nadine Thevenot: UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper examines the range of courses offered in economics and management bachelor's degrees in the 53 French public universities. Based on an exhaustive survey and a quantitative analysis of all the course outlines for 2020-2021, this paper analyzes the curricula from the angle of pluralism, using the titles of the 6,433 courses offered in these outlines. We use an original categorization of these titles. First, we focus on whether they denote a mainstream or non-mainstream approach. After noting the very significant weight of the mainstream in economics and management bachelor's degrees in France, we examine their degree of pluralism along five dimensions: the pluralism of theoretical currents and paradigms; the plurality of themes addressed in economics; openness to other disciplines; the variety of methods taught; and reflexivity (i.e., the ability to develop historical analyses critical of the discipline). We demonstrate, with supporting statistics, that in each of these dimensions, the range of economics courses offered in French bachelor's degrees in economics and management is marked by a very low degree of pluralism.

Keywords: Pluralism; Economics teaching; Undergraduate education; French universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2025, 15 (3), ⟨10.1504/IJPEE.2025.10072014⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJPEE.2025.10072014

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