Last week I asked why the politics and economics job markets seem to have different equilibria. Henry Farrell points me to an old blog post worth revisiting (link fixed):
Within Class I departments, there’s a good deal of variation across disciplines in the degree of factionalization within the elite departments and the solidarity of the exchange system, as measured by within-class exchanges of students.
Economics has the most cohesive elite faction and its “dominance over the entire discipline is overwhelming.” Class I Psychology departments, by contrast, are considerably more decentralized, with three contending factions.
Different measures bring out different aspects of the structure. Economics scores highest on all exchange-based measures of hierarchy and solidarity.
He’s summarizing a 2003 sociology paper on tribal regimes in academia. Worth a peek. Sadly I do not see an ungated copy.
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.@cblatts on tribal regimes in academia: http://t.co/F7ZGbRGG — anyone surprised that “economics has the most cohesive elite faction”?
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“@cblatts: link fixed: Tribal regimes in academia http://t.co/YbIUfnAa”->Factions in the academic market: Econ elites and such…
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Economists are more tribal than other academic groups http://t.co/OfLP1WeL MT @cblatts
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The link is to your post, I believe it should point to this (by Kieran Healy): http://crookedtimber.org/2003/11/11/solidarity-and-hierarchy-in-academic-job-markets/
RT @m_clem: Tribal regimes in academia http://t.co/rhNWHGq7 by @cblatts
Tribal regimes in academia http://t.co/rhNWHGq7 by @cblatts
If you’re interested in this sort of thing, see also Val Burris’s 2004 article “The Academic Caste System: Prestige Hierarchies in PhD Exchange Networks” in American Sociological Review.
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