Page Diversity and Complexity

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3514-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Primers in Complex Systems

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Page, Scott

Page, Scott E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Prelude: The Meaning of Diversity 1

Chapter 1: On Diversity and Complexity 16

Chapter 2: Measuring Diversity 54

Chapter 3: The Creation and Evolution of Diversity 79

Chapter 4: Constraints on Diversity 127

Chapter 5: Variation in Complex Systems 148

Chapter 6: Diversity's Inescapable Benefits I: Averaging 167

Chapter 7: Diversity's Inescapable Benefits II: Diminishing Returns to Types 183

Chapter 8: Diversity's Impact in Complex Systems 196

Chapter 9: Parting Thoughts 249

Bibliography 257

Notes 271

Index 281

Über Autor(innen)

Scott E. Page is the Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (Princeton).