Description
Book Synopsis'The following sections are a very good representation of the core developments of complexity thinking in a number of major fields. Our intention is to provide an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to the wonderful intellectual breadth that complexity can offer.' - Jan Bogg and Robert Geyer in the Introduction. Complexity is a new and exciting interdisciplinary approach to science and society that challenges traditional academic divisions, frameworks and paradigms. This book helps the expert, student or policy practitioner have a better understanding of the enormous potential of complexity, and how it relates to their particular area of interest or expertise. It provides excellent representations of the core developments of complexity thinking in a number of major fields. "Complexity, Science and Society" brings together an unrivalled selection of new applications of complexity from leading experts across subjects including medicine and healthcare, education, public policy and social theory, ecology, philosophy, international politics, the arts, modelling and design, and others. Together they offer an unprecedented review of the latest developments. This book is an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to the wonderful intellectual breadth that complexity can offer.
Trade Review"A book for those who like their complexity in bite-size pieces...this brevity does allow for the inclusion of a startlingly wide, range of topics, all of which illustrate the flexibility of the concept of complexity, and which also allows for some fascinating links to be made between topics that may otherwise seem to have almost nothing in common" THE PRACTISING MIDWIFE
Table of ContentsArt and Complexity: Complexity from the outside. Diversity, interconnectivity and sustainability. Education and complexity. Health and complexity. International relations and development. Multi-agent systems and complexity. Philosophy and complexity. Politics and policy. Social theory and complexity. Conclusion: making complexity real.
