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001 2013004288
003 DLC
005 20140626083130.0
008 130222s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780415693677 (hardback)
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040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aH61.25$b.B95 2014
082 00 $a300.1/511352$223
100 1 $aByrne, D. S.$q(David S.),$d1947-
245 10 $aComplexity theory and the social sciences :$bthe state of the art /$cDavid Byrne and Gill Callaghan.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2014.
300 $avi, 297 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 272-286) and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- Framing the issues -- Understanding the complex -- Restricted complexity and general complexity : an outline of the arguments -- Complexity theory and the philosophy of social science -- Complexity theory meets social theory -- Evolutionary social theory -- Structure and agency -- Time and place -- Complexity theory : methodology and methods -- Complexity and methodology : exploring trajectories through narratives -- Hunting causes in a complex world -- Researching the complex social -- Complexity in action -- Complexity in disciplines and fields -- Opening the social sciences : the post-disciplinary implications of the complexity frame of reference -- Conclusion: complexity and the social sciences : the way forward -- Bibliography.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xMathematical models.
650 0 $aChaotic behavior in systems.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xResearch.