Books by Kavous Ardalan

This book applies a multiparadigmatic philosophical frame of analysis to the topic of social revolution.

In Feminist Theories and Feminist Economics: A Multi-Paradigmatic Approach, Kavous Ardalan examines four paradigms of feminist theory and economics and their social impact. Analyzing the insights of these paradigmsfunctionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralistArdalan offers a comprehensive view of feminist thought, advocating for a multi-paradigmatic approach to understanding feminist research and its economic relevance for society.

Crossing two disciplines and lines of literature-social philosophy and global political economy-this book considers seven aspects of global political economy and discusses each aspect from four diverse paradigmatic viewpoints: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist.

Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist. Relating finance to these four paradigms, this book provides an understanding of the multifaceted nature of finance.