Jackson, William Anthony orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-7307 (1999) Dualism, duality and the complexity of economic institutions. International Journal of Social Economics. pp. 545-558. ISSN 0306-8293
Abstract
Dualism - the division of an object of study into separate, paired elements - is widespread in economic and social theorising: key examples are the divisions between agency and structure, the individual and society, mind and body, values and facts, and knowledge and practice. In recent years, dualism has been criticised as exaggerating conceptual divisions and promoting an oversimplified, reductive outlook. A possible alternative to dualism is the notion of duality, whereby the two elements are interdependent and no longer separate or opposed, although they remain conceptually distinct. This paper argues that duality, if handled carefully, can provide a superior framework to dualism for dealing with the complexity of economic and social institutions.
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Keywords: | dualism,duality,complexity,institutions,economic theory |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2018 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299910215997 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/03068299910215997 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128862 |
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