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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PROFESSION IN ENGLAND
Author(s) -
Coats A. W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1976.tb00843.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , sketch , government (linguistics) , christian ministry , institutional economics , economics , political science , agricultural economics , economic growth , neoclassical economics , law , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
An historical sketch of the professionalisation of agricultural economics since the mid‐1920s placing special emphasis on the close links between government and universities, the pioneering role of the Ministry of Agriculture's economists during the inter‐war years, and their changing post‐war status and functions as compared with other economists in Whitehall. Other topics considered include the composition and functions of the Agricultural Economics Society, recent academic trends in agricultural economics, and the implications of the current crisis in economics for the future of the discipline.