This book centres on a broadened view of complexity that will
enrich engagement with complexity in the social sciences. The key
idea is to employ complexity theory to develop a holistic account
of practice, agency and expertise. In doing so, the book
acknowledges and builds upon the relational character of reductive
accounts. It draws upon recent theoretical work on complexity,
emergence and relationality to develop a novel account of practice,
agency and expertise in and for workplaces. Biological,
psychological and social aspects of these are integrated. This
novel account overcomes problems in current views of practice,
agency and expertise, which suffer from reductive, or fragmented,
analyses, based upon individuals, groups, or networks. In
retrieving the experiential richness of human activity - often
esteemed as the basis of generative and creative life - this book
shows how complexity both emerges from, and is, a non-reductive
feature of, human experience, especially in daily work. "...an
ambitiously wide-ranging volume, questioning the key tenets of
respected approaches ..... and offering ..... 'novel accounts',
which draw on features of complexity thinking.... ...But they go
further than any of us in their argument that: 'whatever reductive
moves are made, they 'flow' from holistic accounts of relationality
which have already affectively engaged the purposes of a co-present
group.' This is the intellectual contribution that is built
consistently and persuasively across the chapters." Professor
Emerita Anne Edwards, Oxford University "Hager and Beckett have
written a book that will challenge more commonly held notions of
agency, practice, skills, and learning. Centering their argument on
complexity theory or, as they prefer, complexity thinking, Hager
and Beckett argue that it is through relations that we raise
questions about, gather data from, and make working sense of the
complexity that surrounds us. Groups then, particularly small
groups, hold and implement agentive power. And what the authors
call co-present groups-ones in which holistic relationality occurs
socially, and affectively in distinctive places-"draw us closer to
each other, and harness our normativity by enabling negotiability
and reason-giving." If your field of study involves anything
remotely sociocultural in nature or if you are just interested in
the complex ways we engage as humans with our worlds, you should
find a place for this book in your library." Bob Fecho, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York NY, USA
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