Field Analysis and Interdisciplinary Science: Scientific Capital Exchange in Behavior Genetics

Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 295 - 316
Published: Jul 30, 2011
Abstract
This paper uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory to develop tools for analyzing interdisciplinary scientific fields. Interdisciplinary fields are scientific spaces where no single form of scientific capital has a monopoly and therefore multiple forms of scientific capital constitute the structures and stakes of scientific competition. Scientists compete to accumulate and define forms of scientific capital and also to set the rates of exchange...
Paper Details
Title
Field Analysis and Interdisciplinary Science: Scientific Capital Exchange in Behavior Genetics
Published Date
Jul 30, 2011
Journal
Volume
49
Issue
3
Pages
295 - 316
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