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Social Synthesis - Finding Dynamic Patterns in Complex Social Systems (Paperback)
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Social Synthesis - Finding Dynamic Patterns in Complex Social Systems (Paperback)
Series: Complexity in Social Science
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How is it possible to understand society and the problems it faces?
What sense can be made of the behaviour of markets and government
interventions? How can citizens understand the course that their
lives take and the opportunities available to them? There has been
much debate surrounding what methodology and methods are
appropriate for social science research. In a larger sense, there
have been differences in quantitative and qualitative approaches
and some attempts to combine them. In addition, there have also
been questions of the influence of competing values on all social
activities versus the need to find an objective understanding.
Thus, this aptly named volume strives to develop new methods
through the practice of 'social synthesis', describing a
methodology that perceives societies and economies as
manifestations of highly dynamic, interactive and emergent complex
systems. Furthermore, helping us to understand that an analysis of
parts alone does not always lead to an informed understanding,
Haynes presents to the contemporary researcher an original tool
called Dynamic Pattern Synthesis (DPS) - a rigorous method that
informs us about how specific complex social and economic systems
adapt over time. A timely and significant monograph, Social
Synthesis will appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate
students, research professionals and academic researchers informed
by sociology, economics, politics, public policy, social policy and
social psychology.
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