Political economy now! : the struggle for alternative economics at the University of Sydney /

The story of one of the most substantial and enduring conflicts in the history of Australian universities. Beginning in the late 1960s, it pitted those committed to teaching mainstream economics against those proponents of an alternative program in political economy at Sydney University. The dispute...

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Main Author: Butler, Gavan
Other Authors: Jones, Evan, 1944-, Stilwell, Frank J. B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: The University of Sydney, N.S.W. : Darlington Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Emerging conflict
  • Getting started
  • Resolve or resing'
  • More struggles
  • a long march
  • A significant shift
  • What's wrong with economics?
  • Pedagogy and power
  • Intellectual suppression
  • Market forces
  • Dissent and legitimacy
  • Whither political economy?