This paper explores possible reasons for the long and enduring dominance of neoclassical theory over
the undergraduate microeconomics textbook. It proposes that those very attributes of neoclassical
microeconomics that raise serious theoretical misgivings constitute the basis for the current
hegemony of the standard undergraduate textbook. It further discusses the effects of the standard
text on the education of economists in developing countries and conditions of the entrenchment of
this text in undergraduate teaching. Finally, it looks at the possibilities of the emergence of
alternative textbooks both in the centre and in the periphery of the global academic map.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000881 |
| Date | 01 December 2008 |
| Creators | Scerri, M |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | © 2008 Economic Society of South Africa. |
| Relation | South African Journal of Economics |
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