Complex Systems Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non-linear RealitiesZed Books, 2002 - 280 من الصفحات This book could change Development. Here, for the first time, Development Studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. In the natural sciences these new ideas have usurped Newtonian certainties about the simple linearity of physical phenomena, causality and certainty. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity and unpredictability. Well written and ranging widely over evolving economic thinking, specific country experiences and development issues, the book explains the key concepts developed by complex adaptive systems thinking and applies them, showing their power to explain. Rihani examines various aspects of the development process - including the World Bank, debt, and the struggle against poverty - and demonstrates the limitations of fundamentally linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world. Little wonder, he concludes, that the results of half a century of development effort have been so disappointing. Applying these ideas to the unpredictable social processes which development thinkers seek to understand and direct could make an unexpectedly important contribution not only theoretically, but to the actual policies and practice of development. |
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... Living organisms are Complex Adaptive Systems , but in this case change into new patterns involves reproduction . Observing adaptation in the living world , however , presents a number of logistical problems , the most obvious being the ...
... Living organisms are Complex Adaptive Systems , but in this case change into new patterns involves reproduction . Observing adaptation in the living world , however , presents a number of logistical problems , the most obvious being the ...
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... Living organisms , from the humblest to the most complex , have been doing it for millennia apparently without thought or effort . That cosy picture is misleading and is the source of considerable misunderstanding when one moves away ...
... Living organisms , from the humblest to the most complex , have been doing it for millennia apparently without thought or effort . That cosy picture is misleading and is the source of considerable misunderstanding when one moves away ...
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... Living systems mastered the trick of remaining within the narrow layer of Complexity , between order and chaos , after millions of years of trial and error . The accumulation of knowledge A fundamental notion , that of learning ...
... Living systems mastered the trick of remaining within the narrow layer of Complexity , between order and chaos , after millions of years of trial and error . The accumulation of knowledge A fundamental notion , that of learning ...
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ONE THE WHOLE CASE IN A NUTSHELL | 1 |
TWO A FALSE SENSE OF ORDER | 18 |
THREE ANCIENT ROOTS TO MODERN IDEOLOGIES | 46 |
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