Evaluating Economic Research in a Contested Discipline - 9781444339451

Editors Elsner (business and economics, U.of Bremen, Germany) and Lee (economics, U. of Missouri-Kansas City) have compiled 11 articles designed to familiarize the reader with modern critical analysis of the methods of evaluating academic economic research. All but one of the articles that appear were originally presented at a workshop given at the U. of Bremen titled "Assessing Economic Research in a European Context: The Future of Heterodox Economics and its Research in a Non-Pluralist Mainstream Environment." Sample article titles include: "Increasing the Impact of Heterodox Work: Insights" and "Economic Performance and Institutional Economics in Poland After 1989." This text is best suited to readers already familiar with critical analysis of mainstream economic models or those interested in learning more about heterodox economic theories. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)