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Evolutionary social theory : philosophy and applications / Clifford S. Poirot Jr..

By: Poirot, Clifford SMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Economics as a social theoryPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022Description: viii,209pagesISBN: 9780367772925; 9780367772918Subject(s): Social sciences | EconomicsDDC classification: 300.1 Summary: "Evolutionary Social Theory and Political Economy traces the origins, extension, marginalization, and revival of evolutionary approaches to social theory from the Enlightenment through the beginning of the 21st century. It demonstrates how changes in understandings of social evolution corresponded to changes in definitions of Political Economy and how both reflected changes in the Philosophy of Science. The book is written for students and researchers alike in all the social sciences. Economists will benefit from understanding how ideas about evolution in Economics corresponded to ideas about evolution in other social sciences and Social Scientists outside of Economics will benefit from understanding how Economics has related to their discipline"--
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Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
H6.15. P65 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0187547

"Evolutionary Social Theory and Political Economy traces the origins, extension, marginalization, and revival of evolutionary approaches to social theory from the Enlightenment through the beginning of the 21st century. It demonstrates how changes in understandings of social evolution corresponded to changes in definitions of Political Economy and how both reflected changes in the Philosophy of Science. The book is written for students and researchers alike in all the social sciences. Economists will benefit from understanding how ideas about evolution in Economics corresponded to ideas about evolution in other social sciences and Social Scientists outside of Economics will benefit from understanding how Economics has related to their discipline"--

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