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Integration in home economics and human ecology
Author(s) -
BUBOLZ MARGARET M.,
SONTAG M. SUZANNE
Publication year - 1988
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.1470-6431.1988.tb00462.x
Subject(s) - blueprint , field (mathematics) , diversity (politics) , action (physics) , sociology , ecology , epistemology , management science , economics , engineering , biology , anthropology , philosophy , mathematics , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The purpose of this paper is to stimulate discourse in the field about integration in home economics as it is evolving toward human ecology, and to serve as a basis for further discussion and action to move the field to a level of integration encompassing both diversity and unity. It is not the intent of this paper to provide a blueprint for integration but to present some underlying assumptions, meanings and issues. A series of models building toward integration are presented. The paper is based on analysis and synthesis of assumptions, concepts, philosophical perspectives and review of historical traditions in the field.