Harrison Complexity in World Politics

Concepts and Methods of a New Paradigm
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8149-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Global Politics

Demonstrates that world politics is more complex than conventional models can account for.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, Neil E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Thinking About the World We Make
Neil E. Harrison

2. Complexity Is More Than Systems Theory
Neil E. Harrison with J. David Singer

3. Complexity and Conflict Resolution
Dennis J. D. Sandole

4. Understanding and Coping with Ethnic Conflict and Development Issues in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Walter C. Clemens, Jr.

5. Beyond Regime Theory: Complex Adaptation and the Ozone Depletion Regime
Matthew J. Hoffmann

6. Agent-Based Models in the Study of Ethnic Norms and Violence
Ravi Bhavnani

7. Alternative Uses of Simulation
Robert Axelrod

8. Signifying Nothing? What Complex Systems Theory Can and Cannot Tell Us about Global Politics
David C. Earnest and James N. Rosenau

9. When Worlds Collide: Reflections on the Credible Uses of Agent-Based Models in International and Global Studies
Desmond Saunders-Newton

10. Complex Systems and the Practice of World Politics
Neil E. Harrison

Contributors
List of Titles, SUNY series in Global Politics
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Neil E. Harrison is Founder and Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Institute and the author of Constructing Sustainable Development, also published by SUNY Press.