Against a voiceless world: Albert O. Hirschman’s political economics as an alternative to public choice
dc.contributor.author | Galvão de Almeida, Rafael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-17T09:13:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-17T09:13:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article analyzes the contributions of Albert O. Hirschman to the field of political economy and his issues with public choice. Although he was not explicitly affiliated to any school of thought, Hirschman worked with both disciplines of economics and political science to understand questions such as “why do people vote and participate in politics?” He was disappointed with what mainstream economics provided and elaborated the exit-voice-loyalty (EVL) model to understand mechanisms of action in politics and the economy. His EVL model has been widely read, but it did not develop a paradigm around it and was ignored by economists due to its lack of formal models. His work was thus at odds with public choice theory. He also criticized the concept of free-riding and the application of rational choice theory to politics. Hirschman went on to work on a political economy of citizenship in his works (Hirschman, 1977, [1982] 2002, 1991), to find answers apart from rational choice theory, which he considered harmful to political participation. | |
dc.description.abstract | Este articulo analiza las contribuciones de Albert O. Hirschman al campo de la economía política y sus posiciones frente a la teoría de la elección pública. A pesar de no estar explícitamente afiliado a una escuela de pensamiento, Hirschman trabajó tanto con la economía como con la ciencia política para elucidar preguntas como “¿por qué las personas eligen votar y participar en la política?” Decepcionado con los aportes de la economía convencional, elaboró el modelo de salida-voz-lealtad (SVL) para comprender los mecanismos que regulan la acción en la política y la economía. A pesar de que sus contribuciones sobre el modelo SLV han sido ampliamente leídas, Hirschman no alcanzó a desarrollar un paradigma alrededor de este modelo, que terminó siendo ignorado por los economistas debido a la ausencia de modelos formales en él. Por lo tanto, su obra iba en contradirección de la teoría de la elección pública. Hirschman también fue crítico del concepto de free-riding y de la aplicación de la teoría de la elección racional a la política. En obras posteriores, Hirschman (1977, [1982] 2002, 1991) continuó realizando aportes a una economía política de la ciudadanía, con el fin de proveer respuestas alternativas a las de la teoría de la elección racional, que consideraba prejudicial para la participación política. | |
dc.description.department | Depto. de Economía Aplicada, Estructura e Historia | |
dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales | |
dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
dc.description.status | pub | |
dc.eprint.id | https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/67777 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5209/ijhe.70600 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2386-5768 | |
dc.identifier.officialurl | https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/ijhe.70600 | |
dc.identifier.relatedurl | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/IJHE | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8425 | |
dc.issue.number | 1 | |
dc.journal.title | Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.page.final | 22 | |
dc.page.initial | 13 | |
dc.publisher | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | |
dc.rights | Atribución 3.0 España | |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | |
dc.subject.jel | B25 | |
dc.subject.jel | D7 | |
dc.subject.keyword | Albert Hirschman | |
dc.subject.keyword | Public choice | |
dc.subject.keyword | Political economics | |
dc.subject.keyword | Citizenship. | |
dc.subject.keyword | Elección pública | |
dc.subject.keyword | Economía política | |
dc.subject.keyword | Ciudadanía. | |
dc.subject.ucm | Historia económica | |
dc.subject.unesco | 5506.06 Historia de la Economía | |
dc.title | Against a voiceless world: Albert O. Hirschman’s political economics as an alternative to public choice | |
dc.title.alternative | En contra de un mundo sin voz: la economía política de Albert O. Hirschman como alternativa a la teoría de la elección pública | |
dc.type | journal article | |
dc.volume.number | 8 | |
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