Massively Parallel Globalization: Explorations in Self-Organization and World Politics
Author:   David C. Earnest
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438456614


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   01 June 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David C. Earnest
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9781438456614


ISBN 10:   1438456611
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   01 June 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. The Gyre: Rethinking Systems in World Politics 2. Agents and Networks: Complex Social Systems and Theories of World Politics 3. The Advantage of Size: Why Large groups Solve Coordination Problems Better than Small Ones 4. Dividing the Pie: How Complex networks Learn to Solve Distributive Conflicts 5. Cows Grow Trees, Nets Grow Fish: How Social Networks Manage the Commons 6. Too Big to Compromise: Did Eleven Banks Block reform during the Great Recession? 7. Nets of Insecurity: Trade Networks, Cascading Failures, and Economic Vulnerability 8. Conclusions: Self- Organization in World Politics Notes References Index

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David C. Earnest is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Old Nations, New Voters: Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Democracy in the Era of Global Migration, also published by SUNY Press, and the coauthor (with James N. Rosenau, Yale H. Ferguson, and Ole R. Holsti) of On the Cutting Edge of Globalization: An Inquiry into American Elites.

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