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Islands of Order - A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,704
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Islands of Order - A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences (Hardcover): J.Stephen Lansing, Murray P. Cox

Islands of Order - A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences (Hardcover)

J.Stephen Lansing, Murray P. Cox; Foreword by Michael R. Dove

Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity

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Two pioneering anthropologists reveal how complexity science can help us better understand how societies change over time Over the past two decades, anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing and geneticist Murray Cox have explored dozens of villages on the islands of the Malay Archipelago, combining ethnographic research with research into genetic and linguistic markers to shed light on how these societies change over time. Islands of Order draws on their pioneering fieldwork to show how the science of complexity can be used to better understand unstable dynamics in culture, language, cooperation, and the emergence of hierarchies. Complexity science has opened exciting new vistas in physics and biology, but poses challenges for social scientists. What triggers fundamental, discontinuous social change? And what brings stable patterns-islands of order-into existence? Lansing and Cox begin with an incisive and accessible introduction to models of change, from simple random drift to coupled interactions, phase transitions, co-phylogenies, and adaptive landscapes. Then they take readers on a series of journeys to the islands of the Indo-Pacific to demonstrate how social scientists can harness these powerful tools to discover out-of-equilibrium social dynamics. Lansing and Cox address empirical questions surrounding the colonization of the Pacific, the relationship of language to culture, the emergence and disappearance of male and female hierarchies, and more. Unlocking new possibilities for the social sciences, Islands of Order is accompanied by an interactive companion website that enables readers to explore the models described in the book.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity
Release date: October 2019
First published: 2019
Authors: J.Stephen Lansing • Murray P. Cox
Foreword by: Michael R. Dove
Dimensions: 235 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19293-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-691-19293-6
Barcode: 9780691192932

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