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Complexity science and world affairs / Walter C. Clemens, Jr. ; foreword by Stuart A. Kauffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clemens, Walter C.
- Series:
- SUNY series, James N. Rosenau series in global politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- Evaluation--Methodology.
- Evaluation.
- Complexity (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Argues that complexity science provides a useful paradigm for analysis of social and policy sciences"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Why a science of complexity?
- Basic concepts of complexity science
- A crucial test case: why the Baltic is not the Balkans
- Culture and the capacity to cope with complexity
- Complexity science as a tool to understand the new Eurasia
- How complexity concepts explain past and present fitness
- Hyperpower challenged: prospects for Americans
- End of the American dream?
- Toward a new paradigm for global studies:
- Challenges to complexity science
- Afterword: science and art: exploring the genome together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438449012
- 1438449011
- OCLC:
- 840462782
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