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This paper assesses the relationship between socio-economics and communitarianism, both of which have emerged in recent years as notable alternatives to existing theoretical paradigms in the social sciences. Remarkably, despite the growing attention these movements have received, a careful examination of the similarities and differences between them has not been the subject of much study.1 The discussion below will proceed by tracing the development of socio-economics and communitarianism over the past few years, both as intellectual paradigms and as organizational entities, comparing and contrasting their central theoretical perspectives, and offering some speculation about their future prospects.
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Coughlin, R.M. (1999). Whose Morality? Which Community? What Interests? Socio-Economic and Communitarian Perspectives. In: Essays in Socio-Economics. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03900-7_9
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