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This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the
Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of
complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how
complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic, widening social inequality, and
impending social and ecological catastrophe wrought by global
warming. The book reviews complexity theory in the practice of the
social sciences and at their interface with ecological science. It
outlines how social theory can be reconciled with complexity
thinking and presents a review of the way research can be done
using complexity theory. The book suggests how complexity theory
can be used to understand and evaluate governance processes,
particularly with regard to social inequality and the climate
crisis. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined
through a complexity lens, reviewing how complexity thinking has
been employed in relation to the pandemic and how implementing a
complexity framework can transform health and social care. The book
concludes with a call to action and the use of complexity theory to
inform critical thinking in the education system. This textbook
will be immensely useful to students and researchers interested in
social research methods, social theory, business and organization
studies, health, education, urban studies, and development studies.
This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the
Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of
complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how
complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic, widening social inequality, and
impending social and ecological catastrophe wrought by global
warming. The book reviews complexity theory in the practice of the
social sciences and at their interface with ecological science. It
outlines how social theory can be reconciled with complexity
thinking and presents a review of the way research can be done
using complexity theory. The book suggests how complexity theory
can be used to understand and evaluate governance processes,
particularly with regard to social inequality and the climate
crisis. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined
through a complexity lens, reviewing how complexity thinking has
been employed in relation to the pandemic and how implementing a
complexity framework can transform health and social care. The book
concludes with a call to action and the use of complexity theory to
inform critical thinking in the education system. This textbook
will be immensely useful to students and researchers interested in
social research methods, social theory, business and organization
studies, health, education, urban studies, and development studies.
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