Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The state of the art

by David S. Byrne and Gillian Callaghan

Book Overview

For the past two decades, 'complexity' has informed a range of work across the social sciences. There are diverse schools of complexity thinking, and authors have used these ideas in a multiplicity of ways, from health inequalities to the organization of large scale firms. Some understand complexity as emergence from the rule-based interactions of simple agents and explore it through agent-based modelling. Others argue against such 'restricted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415693683
• ISBN13: 9780415693684
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"