Scientific Journal SPATIAL ECONOMICS - Methodological Pluralism in the Study of the Economic Space

In the section	Surveys
Title of the article	Methodological Pluralism in the Study of the Economic Space
Pages	87-109
Author	Vadim Nikolaevich Ukrainsky Senior Lecturer Pacific National University 136 Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680035 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Abstract	The author considers controversial issues associated with the criticism of the methodological aspects the modern economic theory mainstream. The study addresses methodological pluralism as one of the possible future directions of economic methodology development. The author demonstrates the complex character of the spatial economics issues, which creates the potential for the ideas of methodological pluralism. By differences in methodological approaches Ukrainsky V.N. singles out two directions of modern spatial economics - Anglo-Saxon and «continental European»
Code	330
DOI	10.14530/se.2012.4.087-109
Keywords	economic space ♦ methodological pluralism ♦ spatial economics ♦ economic imperialism ♦ interdisciplinary studies
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For citation	Ukrainsky V.N. Methodological Pluralism in the Study of the Economic Space. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2012, no. 4, pp. 87-109. DOI: 10.14530/se.2012.4.087-109. (In Russian).
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