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Capes’ evaluation and the field of Economics: the primacy of the American orthodox mainstream

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  • Francisco Moraes da Costa Marques

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Using the Bourdieusian concept of Field, this article looks at Capes’ evaluationof graduate programs as an expression of the disputes surrounding the very definition ofwhat constitutes Economics. Based on extensive documentary analysis, it demonstrates howthe criteria in place are markedly exclusionary. On the one hand, they encourage researchersto adopt the assumptions of neoclassical liberalism, tested by econometric models, in linewith American mainstream; on the other hand, they punish, in more or less extent, all other possible theoretical, methodological and thematic approaches, hindering the development ofstudies built upon the many diverse local Brazilian realities. JEL Classification: N01; B00; A12.

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  • Francisco Moraes da Costa Marques, 2022. "Capes’ evaluation and the field of Economics: the primacy of the American orthodox mainstream," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 42(2), pages 378-400.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:42:y:2022:i:2:p:378-400:id:2329
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    Keywords

    Capes evaluation; postgraduate studies; neoclassical orthodoxy; heterodox economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines

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