The Evolution of the Allied Social Science Associations

The organization of the meetings of the approximately 50 economics associations of the Allied Social Science Associations has evolved over the past 140 years, beginning with meetings of the American Social Science Association in 1865, which included social scientists from political science, history,...

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Published in:The American journal of economics and sociology 2008-11, Vol.67 (5), p.985-1005
Main Author: Clary, Betsy Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
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A Symposium about the Early Formation of the Allied Social Science Associations
Academic freedom
Academic libraries
Alliances
Anniversaries
Associations
Congresses and Conventions
Economic policy
Economics
Economics education
Evolution
Financial economics
History of Political Science
History of Sociology
History of the social sciences
Meetings
Political economy
Science
Social evolution
Social Sciences
Socioeconomics
Studies
Universities
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Summary:The organization of the meetings of the approximately 50 economics associations of the Allied Social Science Associations has evolved over the past 140 years, beginning with meetings of the American Social Science Association in 1865, which included social scientists from political science, history, sociology, and economics. Out of this association, the separate disciplines formed their own organizations beginning in the 1880s. Though several of these associations continued to meet together until the 1930s, each discipline gradually separated its meetings from those of the others. During the 1940s, however, other newly formed economics associations began meeting at the same time and place as the AEA, and the Allied Social Science Associations evolved out of these meetings. Though the name of the organization includes "social science," the associations meeting together are predominately, if not completely, economics associations. These associations, however, profess many different approaches to the study of economics. This paper traces the evolution of these meetings and attempts to come to some conclusions concerning the significance of this association, the most important of which is the role of the ASSA in providing a broad and tolerant platform and a vehicle through which different points of view toward economic theory and policy can be discussed.
ISSN:0002-9246
1536-7150
DOI:10.1111/j.1536-7150.2008.00607.x