{"product_id":"9780857932631-complexity-institutions-and-public-poli","title":"Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World\u003cbr\u003eGraham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical approach, combining complexity science and institutionalism.\u003cbr\u003eGraham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualization and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical approach, combining complexity science and institutionalism. It also provides tools for policy makers in turbulent times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1 is concerned with the conceptualization of socio-economic change. It integrates complexity science and institutionalism into a coherent ontology of social and policy dynamics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2 is concerned with models and measurement. It combines some of the principal approaches developed in complexity analysis with models and methods drawn from mainstream social and political science. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 3 offers empirical applications to public policy: the dynamics of social exclusion; the social dimension of knowledge economies; the current financial and economic crisis. These are supplemented by a toolkit for the practice of 'agile policy making'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a stimulating, provocative and highly original book. It will appeal to academics and students in social and policy studies and to a wide range of scholars in other disciplines where complexity science is already well-developed. It will also be of major interest for decision makers coping with complex and turbulent policy terrains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction \u003cbr\u003ePart I: Concepts \u003cbr\u003e2. The Complexity Paradigm \u003cbr\u003e3. Complex Adaptive Systems \u003cbr\u003e4. The Economy as a Complex Adaptive System \u003cbr\u003e5. Institutional Settings and Architectures \u003cbr\u003e6. Institutional Dynamics \u003cbr\u003e7. The Struggle for Positional Advantage \u003cbr\u003e8. Conceptualising Social Dynamics \u003cbr\u003ePart II: Methods \u003cbr\u003e9. Attractors and Orbits in Dynamic Systems \u003cbr\u003e10. Patterns in Time and Space \u003cbr\u003e11. Connections and Networks \u003cbr\u003e12. Mobility on Social Landscapes \u003cbr\u003e13. Towards a Generic Methodology \u003cbr\u003ePart III: Policies \u003cbr\u003e14. Agile Policy-Making \u003cbr\u003e15. Poverty and Social Exclusion \u003cbr\u003e16. Social Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy \u003cbr\u003e17. Global Turbulence and Crisis Postscript: Tools for Policy-Makers \u003cbr\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40903021822049,"sku":"9780857932631","price":183.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29537017.jpg?v=1730393721","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857932631-complexity-institutions-and-public-poli","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}