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WHAT IS HOME ECONOMICS?
Author(s) -
BENNETT RODERICK
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1978.tb00305.x
Subject(s) - family and consumer science , core (optical fiber) , identity (music) , positive economics , economics , public economics , sociology , neoclassical economics , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , aesthetics , telecommunications
The problems of defining home economics are examined, and arguments for the establishment of a clearer identity and a central core of knowledge are advanced. A suggestion regarding the way in which contributing material could be classified is put forward.