Comments on Interdisciplinarity, Higher Education and Public Policy on the 30th Anniversary of the Association for Integrative Studies. Delivered in Springfield, Illinois, October 24, 2008.

Abstract

After giving recognition to the key contributors to the success of the Association for Integrative Studies over the last 30 years, the speaker applies the three perspectives of his field, international political economy, to the conference themes of interdisciplinarity, higher education, and public policy. The three perspectives are free market, institutionalism, and historical materialism.