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OverviewComprehensive overview of the inroads made by Complexity Thinking approaches and ideas in the study and practice of world politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emilian KavalskiPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438456072ISBN 10: 1438456077 Pages: 302 Publication Date: 01 June 2015 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Inside/Outside and Around: Observing the Complexity of Global Life Emilian Kavalski Part I. Complexity Thinking and Anthropocentric International Relations 1. The Gardner and the Craftsman: Four Types of Complexity in Global Life David C. Earnest 2. Theorizing International Relations: Emergence, Organized Complexity, and Integrative Pluralism Colin Wight 3. Musings on Complexity, Policy, and Ideology Christopher A. Ford 4. Harnessing the Knowledge of the Masses: Citizen Sensor Networks, Violence, and Public Safety in Mugunga Erika Frydenlund and David C. Earnest 5. Ascertaining the Normative Implications of Complexity Thinking for Politics: Beyond Agent-Based Modeling Mark Olssen Part II. Complexity Thinking and Nonanthropocentric International Relations 6. Complexifying International Relations for a Posthumanist World Erika Cudworth and Stephen Hobden 7. Prologomena to Postanthropocentric International Relations: Biosphere and Technosphere in the Age of Global Complexity Antoine Bousquet 8. The Good, the Bad, and the Sometimes Ugly: Complexity as Both Threat and Opportunity in National Security Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Jennifer Giroux 9. Complexity and Stability in Human-Environment Interaction: The Transformation from Climate Risk Cascades to Viable Adaptive Networks Jurgen Scheffran Conclusion: Complexifying IR: Disturbing the ""Deep Newtonian Slumber"" of the Mainstream Emilian Kavalski Contributors Index"Reviews...provides the scientific community with a compilation of exemplary scholarship which addresses the responsibility institutions face in terms of managing complexity. - International Journal on World Peace Author InformationEmilian Kavalski is Associate Professor of Global Studies at the Institute for Social Justice at Australian Catholic University, North Sydney. He is the author and editor of several books, including Central Asia and the Rise of Normative Powers: Contextualizing the Security Governance of the European Union, China, and India. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |