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2 unusual facts about Philippe DeVille


Philippe DeVille

Philippe R. DeVille (born August 5, 1944) is a Belgian economist, and Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Louvain, known for his contributions in the field of socioeconomic systems theory in collaboration with Tom R. Burns and others.

Power, Conflict, and Exchange in Social Life With Thomas Martin Baumgartner and Tom R. Burns


Social rule system theory

The development of a more systematic conceptualization and theorizing about social rules and systems of social rules emerged in the late 1970s in the collaborative work of Thomas Baumgartner, Tom R. Burns, Philippe DeVille, and later Helena Flam, Reinier de Man, Atle Midttun, Anders Olsson, and others.


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