Economics, Politics and Social Studies in Oxford, 1900–85
Author: Sir Norman Chester
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1986-06-18
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1349085448
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Discourses on Society
Author: Peter Wagner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-07-23
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0585291748
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, which represents probably the most comprehensive discussion of the emergence of modem social science yet produced, is of far more than merely historical interest. The contributors set out to rewrite the history of the social sciences and to show the limitations of conventional conceptions of their development. These tasks they accomplish with great success and much distinction. Yet in so doing they contribute in a direct way to our understanding of the relation between social analysis and the nature of human societies today. The brilliant and distinctive perspective of the papers in this collection is to demonstrate, with many specific examples, that social science and modem institutions have helped shape each other in mutual interplay. Modem systems are in some part con stituted through the reflexive incorporation of developing social science knowledge; on the other hand, the social sciences organise themselves in terms of a continuing reflection upon the evolution of those systems. Such a perspective, as Wagner and Wittrock in particular make clear, does not in any way either impugn the status of knowledge claims made within social science or destroy the independent reality of social institutions. The book questions the notion that the institutionalising of the social sciences can be understood as a process of their increasing autonomy from extemal social connections. 'Autonomy' forms a mode of legitima tion and a basis of power rather than a distinctive phenomenon as such.
Oxford Economics And Oxford Economists
Author: W. Young
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1993-02-19
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0230374379
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses upon the development of economics at Oxford after the establishment of PPE and the contributions of Oxford economists during the 'years of high theory' and afterwards. Students' recollections of tutorials and lectures, and their tutors and lecturers, along with examination questions and results, amongst other aspects of teaching at Oxford, are presented here for he first time. In addition, the many contributions of Oxford economists such as Harrod, Allen, Andrews, Hicks, Meade, Richardson and Steindl, including the staff of the Oxford Institute of Statistics, along with the story of the Institute itself, are dealt with. Unpublished correspondence, memoranda and papers are collected at various archives are cited to show that Oxford's contribution to the development of economics was equal to that of Cambridge.
The Palgrave Companion to Oxford Economics
Author: Robert A. Cord
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-06-16
Total Pages: 800
ISBN-13: 3030584712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The University of Oxford has been and continues to be one of the most important global centres for economics. With six chapters on themes in Oxford economics and 24 chapters on the lives and work of Oxford economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the University, how it produced some of the world’s best-known economists, including Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Roy Harrod and David Hendry, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, this volume provides economists – especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought – with the first in-depth analysis of Oxford economics.
The History of the University of Oxford: Volume VIII: The Twentieth Century
Author: Brian Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994-04-07
Total Pages: 950
ISBN-13: 9780198229742
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume, the eighth in The History of the University of Oxford, shows how one of the world's major universities has responded to the formidable challenges offered by the twentieth century. Because Oxford's response has not taken a revolutionary or dramatic form, outside observers have not always appreciated the scale of its transformation. Here full attention is given to the forces for change: the rapid growth in provision for the natural and social sciences; the advance of professionalism in scholarship, sport, and cultural achievement; the diffusion of international influences through Rhodes scholars, two world wars, and the University's mounting research priorities; the growing impact of government and of public funding; the steady advance of women; and the impact made by Oxford's broadened criteria for undergraduate admission. The volume also provides valuable background material for the discussion of educational policy. In short, its presents the reader with a rich cornucopia of insight into many aspects of British life.
Historians, Economists, and Economic History (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Alon Kadish
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-11-30
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1136826718
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1989, Alon Kadish’s study re-examines the standard view held by historians of economic thought whereby economic history emerged from the historicist criticism of neoclassical economic theory. He also demonstrates how the discipline evolved as an extension of the study of history. The study will appeal to students and scholars in historiography, the development of higher education and in the history if economic thought in general, as well as all those interested in the evolution of Oxford and Cambridge.
The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century
Author: Jack Hayward
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003-05
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780197262948
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of articles about British studies relating to various political issues including: totalitarianism, individualism, pluralism, political parties, elections, political institutions, public administration, nationalism, authoritarianism, and international relations.
Alfred Marshall
Author: John Cunningham Wood
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780415130820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Palgrave Handbook of Sociology in Britain
Author: J. Holmwood
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-07-18
Total Pages: 645
ISBN-13: 1137318864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Leading sociologists outline the historical development of the discipline in Britain and document its continuing influence in this essential and comprehensive reference work. Spanning the Scottish enlightenment of the 18th century to the present day this Handbook maps the discipline and the British contribution.
The Market for Political Economy
Author: Alon Kadish
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1134956096
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why did political economy become pre-eminent in the emergence and development of the social sciences? From a relatively early stage in its development political economy was accepted as a legitimate, if minor, part of a general liberal education. However, economic science did not become firmly rooted in the academic curriculum of the modern English university until after the first world war.The Market for Political Economy argues that whilst it is commonly assumed that the complexities of a modern industrial economy would require a greater number of trained economists, the actual demand amongst employers remained low. The book traces the development of the teaching of political economy in the second half of the nineteenth century.
