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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access originally published online on March 7, 2005
Cambridge Journal of Economics 2005 29(4):619-634; doi:10.1093/cje/bei019
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.

Sheila Dow's concept of dualism: clarification, criticism and development

Andrew Mearman*

* University of the West of England, Bristol

Address for correspondence: School of Economics, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK; e-mail Andrew.Mearman{at}uwe.ac.uk

This paper analyses Dow's concept of dualism and decomposes it into eight categories, one not explicitly identified by Dow. It is argued that Dow's original definition is underdeveloped and thereby lacking practical relevance. The paper presents a development of Dow's definition, which allows her to attack the splitting of polar categories. This significantly increases the relevance of Dow's definition of dualism and buttresses her criticisms of the mainstream. The paper also identifies ‘heuristic dualism’ in Dow's work. A distinction can be made between Dow's ‘heuristic dualism’, which is strictly an intermediate step in an argument, and the mainstream use of fixed dualistic categories.

Key Words: Dualism • Realism • Methodology • Open-systems • Post-Keynesianism

JEL classifications: B0, B4, Z0

Manuscript received October 16, 2000; final version received March 12, 2004.


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