complexity theory and the social

Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science: Evolutionary Foundations of Economic Science: How Can Scientists Study Evolving Economic Doctrines from the Last Centuries? (Paperback)

This book aims to discern and distinguish the essential features of basic economic theories and compare them with new theories that have arisen in recent years. The book focuses on seminal economic ideas and theories developed mainly in the 1930s to... more

The Hidden Connections (Paperback)

Fritjof Capra bestselling author of The Tao of Physics and The Web of Life here explores another frontier in the human significance of scientific ideas--applying complexity theory to large-scale social interaction. In the 1980s complexity theory... more

Themes in Social Theory Human Rights and Social Theory Book 13 (Hardcover)

Using lots of real-world case studies to illustrate theory this book provides an illuminating examination of what social theory contributes to our understanding of the complexities of human rights more

Mathematics and Computation: A Theory Revolutionizing Technology and Science (Hardcover)

From the winner of the Turing Award and the Abel Prize an introduction to computational complexity theory its connections and interactions with mathematics and its central role in the natural and social sciences technology and philosophy Mathematics... more

Working with Difference and Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Paperback)

This book guides you through the complexities of working with difference and diversity in counselling and psychotherapy. It introduces you to contemporary thinking on the construction of difference social identity and culture and applies the theory... more

Emergence Complexity and Computation: Self-Organizing Coalitions for Managing Complexity: Agent-Based Simulation of Evolutionary Game Theory Models Using Dynamic Social Networks for Interdisciplinary

This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to complexity combining ideas from areas like complex networks cellular automata multi-agent systems self-organization and game theory. The first part of the book provides an extensive introduction to... more

The Matter of Chance (Paperback)

Statistical techniques and theories have become widely applied in the physical biological and social sciences. The enormous increase in their scope and complexity has led to much philosophical discussion of their significance and of the meaning in... more

Re-Theorizing Literacy Practices: Complex Social and Cultural Contexts (Hardcover)

Moving beyond current theories on literacy practices this edited collection sheds new light on the complexities inherent to the social cultural and ideological contexts in which literacy practices are realized. Building on Brian V. Street s... more

Routledge Advances in Social Economics Analysis of Socio-Economic Conditions: Insights from a Fuzzy Multi-dimensional Approach (Paperback)

Showcasing fuzzy set theory this book highlights the enormous potential of fuzzy logic in helping to analyse the complexity of a wide range of socio-economic patterns and behaviour. The contributions to this volume explore the most up-to-date... more

Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science: Cognitive Workload and Fatigue in Financial Decision Making (Paperback)

This book presents new theory and empirical studies on the roles of cognitive workload and fatigue on repeated financial decisions. The mathematical models that are developed here utilize two cusp catastrophe functions for discontinuous changes in... more

Leading with the Social Brain in Mind : Cognition complexity and collaboration in schools (Paperback)

Puts relationships front and centre of the important work that educators do. The book challenges system and school leaders to investigate how social brain theory affects the unintended results of collaborative interactions in their own complex... more

Routledge Advances in Social Economics Analysis of Socio-Economic Conditions: Insights from a Fuzzy Multi-Dimensional Approach (Hardcover)

Showcasing fuzzy set theory this book highlights the enormous potential of fuzzy logic in helping to analyse the complexity of a wide range of socio-economic patterns and behaviour. The contributions to this volume explore the most up-to-date... more

Routledge Advances in Social Economics Economics as Social Science: Economics imperialism and the challenge of interdisciplinarity (Paperback)

There is a growing consensus in social sciences that there is a need for interdisciplinary research on the complexity of human behavior. At an age of crisis for both the economy and economic theory economics is called upon to fruitfully cooperate... more

Theory and Decision Library: Coping with Complexity: Perspectives for Economics Management and Social Sciences (Paperback)

In this book I develop a theory of complexity for economics and manage- ment sciences. This book is addressed to the mathematically or analytically oriented economist psychologist or management scientist. It could also be of interest to engineers... more

Identity Formation Agency and Culture: A Social Psychological Synthesis (Paperback)

The goal of Identity Formation Agency and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to... more

Theory of Complexity : Definitions Models and Applications (Hardcover)

Over two parts this book examines the meaning of complexity in the context of systems both social and natural. Chapters cover such topics as the traveling salesman problem models of opinion dynamics creation a universal theory for knowledge... more

Questioning Gypsy Identity : Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America (Hardcover)

Questioning Gypsy Identity: Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America critically examines stories of Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies... more

The Edge of Organization : Chaos and Complexity Theories of Formal Social Systems 9780761912668 Used / Pre-owned

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Pre-Owned The Dynamic Dance : Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes 9780674015159

Using dynamic systems theory employed to study human communication King demonstrates the complexity of apes social communication and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes apes create meaning primarily through... more

Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age: An Overview with Implications to Urban Planning and Design (Hardcover)

Today our cities are an embodiment of the complex historical evolution of knowledge desires and technology. Our planned and designed activities co-evolve with our aspirations mediated by the existing technologies and social structures. The city... more

Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science: Evolutionary Games with Sociophysics: Analysis of Traffic Flow and Epidemics (Hardcover)

Recent applications of evolutionary game theory in the merging fields of the mathematical and social sciences are brilliantly portrayed in this book which highlights social physics and shows how the approach can help to quantitatively model complex... more

Springer Proceedings in Complexity: Chaos Complexity and Leadership 2017: Explorations of Chaos and Complexity Theory (Paperback)

The proceedings of the 2017 Symposium on Chaos Complexity and Leadership illuminate current research results and academic work from the fields of physics mathematics education economics as well as management and social sciences. The text explores... more

Encounters: Making Signs Translanguaging Ethnographies: Exploring Urban Rural and Educational Spaces (Hardcover)

This book is the start of a conversation across Social Semiotics Translanguaging Complexity Theory and Sociolinguistics. In its explorations of meaning multimodality communication and emerging language practices the book includes theoretical and... more

Routledge Research in Public Administrat A Complexity Theory for Public Policy Book 01 (Hardcover)

Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory... more

The Engine of Complexity (Hardcover)

The concepts of evolution and complexity theory have become part of the intellectual ether permeating the life sciences the social and behavioral sciences and more recently management science and economics. In this book John E. Mayfield elegantly... more

Science and Cultural Theory: Complexities : Social Studies of Knowledge Practices (Paperback)

Although much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy itself is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie Mol... more

The Engine of Complexity: Evolution as Computation (Hardcover - Used) 0231163045 9780231163040

The concepts of evolution and complexity theory have become part of the intellectual ether permeating the life sciences the social and behavioral sciences and more recently management science and economics. In this book John E. Mayfield elegantly... more

Applying Complexity Theory : Whole Systems Approaches to Criminal Justice and Social Work (Hardcover)

Approaches based around complexity theory are increasingly being used in the study of organisations and the delivery of services. This is the first book to explore the application of complexity theory to difficult practice issues in criminal justice... more

Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Polic: A Complexity Theory for Public Policy (Paperback)

Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory... more

Nonlinear Systems and Complexity: Mathematical Methods in Engineering: Applications in Dynamics of Complex Systems (Hardcover)

Discusses novel insights into nonlinear dynamical systems and new theory and methodology applied to nonlinear physics nonlinear engineering and nonlinear social science Includes functional equations and their application in treatment of complex... more

Pre-Owned System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life (Hardcover 9780691026244) by Robert Jervis

9780691026244. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 328. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 328 p. Contains: Illustrations. Argues that the foundations of many social science theories especially those in political science... more

Regulating Trade in Services in the Eu and the Wto: Trust Distrust and Economic Integration (Hardcover)

This volume assesses the viability of various theories of economic integration that take into account the legal economic political and social challenges of incorporating free trade with retaining the plurality of social welfare standards and... more

An Introduction to Game Theory (Hardcover)

Game-theoretic reasoning pervades economic theory and is used widely in other social and behavioral sciences. An Introduction to Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne presents the main principles of game theory and shows how they can be used to... more

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Paperback)

Leon Festinger s theory of cognitive dissonance has been widely recognized for its important and influential concepts in areas of motivation and social psychology. The theory of dissonance is here applied to the problem of why partial reward delay... more

Creating Human Development Theories: A Guide for the Social Sciences and Humanities (Hardcover)

How--and why--do humans develop as they do? This book clearly explains the key components of human development theories and describes how to compose novel theories regarding this age-old puzzle. As college students progress through bachelor s degree... more

Berkeley Tanner Lectures Dignity Rank and Rights (Hardcover)

Writers on human dignity roughly divide between those who stress the social origins of this concept and its role in marking rank and hierarchy and those who follow Kant in grounding dignity in an abstract and idealized philosophical conception of... more

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Image of God (Paperback)

Scholars universally acknowledge the role that Christian belief played in the social movement engendered by Martin Luther King Jr. Yet few have actually delved into the complexity of King s theology itself. The centrality of one aspect of his... more

Advances in Criminological Theory Advances in Criminological Theory: Volume 2 Book 2 (Hardcover)

Criminology has developed strong methodological tools over the past decades establishing itself as a competitive and sophisticated social science. Despite and perhaps because of its emphasis on research design methodology and quantitative analysis... more