Economics, sociology, and the "professional complex": Talcott Parsons and the critique of orthodox economics.(New Directions in Parsons Research and Research in the Tradition of Parsons)
From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
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Date: 1/1/2006
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Author: Holmwood, John
This article discusses the relationship between economics and sociology in the context of Parsons's analytical theory of action and systems and his criticisms of orthodox and institutional economics. The article also addresses his view of the importance of the professions to an understanding of the nature of advanced capitalism. The professions are discussed as both an illustration of his theoretical argument and a substantive problem that stimulated the development of his theory. The ...
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