Over recent years Complexity Science has revealed to us new limits
to our possible knowledge and control in social, cultural and
economic systems. Instead of supposing that past statistics and
patterns will give us predictable outcomes for possible actions, we
now know the world is, and will always be, creative and surprising.
Continuous structural evolution within such systems may change the
mechanisms, descriptors, problems and opportunities, often negating
policy aims. We therefore need to redevelop our thinking about
interventions, policies and policy making, moving perhaps to a
humbler, more learning approach. In this Handbook, leading thinkers
in multiple domains set out these new ideas and allow us to
understand how these new ideas are changing policymaking and
policies in this new era.' - Peter M Allen, Cranfield University,
UK'Complexity Theory has come to the fore because the world we live
in is complex and many of the issues which confront us cannot be
handled by the conventional tools of science, including social
science. In public policy and professional practice, we are well
aware of wicked issues where simple interventions often make things
worse instead of better. The chapters in this excellent Handbook
put complexity to work where it matters in informing our thinking
and action across governance and public policy.' - David Byrne,
Durham University, UK Though its roots in the natural sciences go
back to the early 20th century, complexity theory as a scientific
framework has developed rapidly from the 1970s onwards. Since the
1990s, it has been increasingly integrated into the social sciences
and public policy. The ground-breaking and wide-ranging Handbook on
Complexity and Public Policy brings together the latest work from
top academics, researchers and policy actors working with
complexity and policy from Europe, North America, Brazil and China
and organizes it into three clear and cohesive parts: - Theory and
Tools - Methods and Modelling for Policy Research and Action -
Applying Complexity to Local, National and International Policy.
With its distinctive combination of theory, methods and policy
applications, comprehensive coverage of the field and state of the
art overview, this Handbook is an essential read for students,
academics and policy practitioners. Contributors include: S.
Astill, U.Bilge, T. Bovaird, P. Cairney, A. Caloffi, T. Carmichael,
M. Darking, G. de Roo, B. Edmonds, C. Gershenson, R. Geyer, M.
Givel, B. Gray, M. Hadzikadic, P. Haynes, C. Hobbs, M. Howlett, L.
Johnson, R. Kenny, K.E. Lehmann, A. Little, Q. Liu, E.
Mitleton-Kelly, G. Morcoel, D. Nohrstedt, S. Occelli, J. Price, J.
Rayner, C. Ricaurte, G. Room, F. Rossi, M. Russo, F. Semboloni, K.
Treadwell Shine, J. Stroud, T. Tenbensel, C. Warren-Adamson, T.E.
Webb, A. Wellstead, J. Whitmeyer
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