{"product_id":"complexity-institutions-and-public-policy-9780857932631","title":"Complexity Institutions and Public Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical approach, combining complexity science and institutionalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Theoretical work on complex phenomena is beginning to have a major impact on several disciplines. Graham Room gives a clear summary of many of these insights and shows how this work can help guide public policy.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is a very important book. Graham Room gives a very detailed, accurate and accessible review of complexity theory as it applies to social policy. It will be of interest to academics who really want to understand the implications of complexity theory for policy making in complex and fast-changing situations and to those undertaking advanced courses in politics, economics and sociology.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Jean Boulton, University of Cranfield, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface  1. Introduction  Part I: Concepts  2. The Complexity Paradigm  3. Complex Adaptive Systems  4. The Economy as a Complex Adaptive System  5. Institutional Settings and Architectures  6. Institutional Dynamics  7. The Struggle for Positional Advantage  8. Conceptualising Social Dynamics  Part II: Methods  9. Attractors and Orbits in Dynamic Systems  10. Patterns in Time and Space  11. Connections and Networks  12. Mobility on Social Landscapes  13. Towards a Generic Methodology  Part III: Policies  14. Agile Policy-Making  15. Poverty and Social Exclusion  16. Social Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy  17. Global Turbulence and Crisis  Postscript: Tools for Policy-Makers   References  Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406331191639,"sku":"9780857932631","price":124.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857932631.jpg?v=1730495421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/complexity-institutions-and-public-policy-9780857932631","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}