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Socio-Economic Review 1:1-26 (2003)
© 2003 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics

On the prospects for a unified social science: economics and sociology

Peter Abell1,2

1 Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark and
2 Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

This paper argues for a closer association between economics and sociology. The latter could benefit from the intellectual rigour of the former. Building a unified socio-economics requires an intellectual rapprochement between the sociologist conception of social interaction and a relaxed version of rational choice. Evolutionary game theory may provide one way forward.

Key Words: Unified social science, economics, sociology • JEL classification: B4 Economic methodology


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