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Complexity theory and the social sciences : the state of the art / David Byrne and Gillian Callaghan
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Edition: Second editionDescription: viii, 247 SeitenISBN:- 9781032100869
- 9781032100852
- 300.1/511352 23
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Summary: This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, widening social inequality, and impending social and ecological catastrophe wrought by global warming. The book reviews complexity theory in the practice of the social sciences and at their interface with ecological science. It outlines how social theory can be reconciled with complexity thinking and presents a review of the way research can be done using complexity theory. The book suggests how complexity theory can be used to understand and evaluate governance processes, particularly with regard to social inequality and the climate crisis. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined through a complexity lens, reviewing how complexity thinking has been employed in relation to the pandemic and how implementing a complexity framework can transform health and social care. The book concludes with a call to action and the use of complexity theory to inform critical thinking in the education system.PPN: PPN: 1816406562
A manifesto for interdisciplinarity founded on the complexity frame of reference
The complexity frame of reference and action
Doing complexity science
Evolutionary social theory
Structure and agency
Time and place
Social theory and macro system transformation
Complexity theory and the qualitative research programme
Quantitative methods for exploring, understandin, and possibly predicting complex social systems and their intersection with natural systems
Complexity and mixed methods
Modes of governance
Evaluation in a complexity frame
Explicit complexity evaluation
Shaping research and policy
Beyond disciplines and fields : COVID and a world in crisis
| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handbibliothek | ITAS | Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich) | 2014 A 4866(2) | Checked out | 27.08.2046 | 53724337090 |
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