Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles
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Resumo: | Complexity is a purposeful integrating framework for interdisciplinary dialogue, namely between sociologists and economists. After presenting some properties of complex (social) systems, we consider the crucial role of the economic complexity research agenda in challenging the mainstream economic paradigm. This endeavor, we suggest, can greatly benefit from a neglected but relevant aspect, the concern regarding social complexity implicit in the sociological tradition, particularly the emphasis given by Durkheim to the idea of interdependence, a keystone of complexity studies nowadays. As we underline, instead of assuming interdependence/complexity and autonomy/simplicity in a tradeoff relationship, the French sociologist takes interdependence and autonomy as fundamentally complementary and positively correlated characteristics of modern societies. This fact suggests the convenience to conceptualize complexity as a broad socioeconomic, and not just a strict economic, phenomenon. Such a purpose is certainly more damaged than benefited by the existence of the economics/sociology academic divide. |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottlesSocioeconomic ComplexityInterdependenceAutonomySociological TraditionDurkheimComplexity is a purposeful integrating framework for interdisciplinary dialogue, namely between sociologists and economists. After presenting some properties of complex (social) systems, we consider the crucial role of the economic complexity research agenda in challenging the mainstream economic paradigm. This endeavor, we suggest, can greatly benefit from a neglected but relevant aspect, the concern regarding social complexity implicit in the sociological tradition, particularly the emphasis given by Durkheim to the idea of interdependence, a keystone of complexity studies nowadays. As we underline, instead of assuming interdependence/complexity and autonomy/simplicity in a tradeoff relationship, the French sociologist takes interdependence and autonomy as fundamentally complementary and positively correlated characteristics of modern societies. This fact suggests the convenience to conceptualize complexity as a broad socioeconomic, and not just a strict economic, phenomenon. Such a purpose is certainly more damaged than benefited by the existence of the economics/sociology academic divide.ISEG – Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaGraça, João CarlosLopes, João Carlos2010-11-15T15:02:34Z20082008-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2480engGraça, João Carlos e João Carlos Lopes. 2008. "Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 47-2008/DE/UECE/SOCIUS0874-4548info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:33:40Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2480Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:50:28.868360Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles Graça, João Carlos Socioeconomic Complexity Interdependence Autonomy Sociological Tradition Durkheim |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Socioeconomic complexity and the sociological tradition : new wine in old bottles |
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Graça, João Carlos |
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Graça, João Carlos Lopes, João Carlos |
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Lopes, João Carlos |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Graça, João Carlos Lopes, João Carlos |
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Socioeconomic Complexity Interdependence Autonomy Sociological Tradition Durkheim |
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Socioeconomic Complexity Interdependence Autonomy Sociological Tradition Durkheim |
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Complexity is a purposeful integrating framework for interdisciplinary dialogue, namely between sociologists and economists. After presenting some properties of complex (social) systems, we consider the crucial role of the economic complexity research agenda in challenging the mainstream economic paradigm. This endeavor, we suggest, can greatly benefit from a neglected but relevant aspect, the concern regarding social complexity implicit in the sociological tradition, particularly the emphasis given by Durkheim to the idea of interdependence, a keystone of complexity studies nowadays. As we underline, instead of assuming interdependence/complexity and autonomy/simplicity in a tradeoff relationship, the French sociologist takes interdependence and autonomy as fundamentally complementary and positively correlated characteristics of modern societies. This fact suggests the convenience to conceptualize complexity as a broad socioeconomic, and not just a strict economic, phenomenon. Such a purpose is certainly more damaged than benefited by the existence of the economics/sociology academic divide. |
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2008 |
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2008 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-11-15T15:02:34Z |
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