Complexity And The Art Of Public Policy

Author : David Colander,Roland Kupers
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691169132

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How ideas in complexity can be used to develop more effective public policy Complexity science—made possible by modern analytical and computational advances—is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market fundamentalist or government control narrative. While these standard narratives are useful in some cases, they are damaging in others, directing thinking away from creative, innovative policy solutions. Complexity and the Art of Public Policy outlines a new, more flexible policy narrative, which envisions society as a complex evolving system that is uncontrollable but can be influenced. David Colander and Roland Kupers describe how economists and society became locked into the current policy framework, and lay out fresh alternatives for framing policy questions. Offering original solutions to stubborn problems, the complexity narrative builds on broader philosophical traditions, such as those in the work of John Stuart Mill, to suggest initiatives that the authors call "activist laissez-faire" policies. Colander and Kupers develop innovative bottom-up solutions that, through new institutional structures such as for-benefit corporations, channel individuals’ social instincts into solving societal problems, making profits a tool for change rather than a goal. They argue that a central role for government in this complexity framework is to foster an ecostructure within which diverse forms of social entrepreneurship can emerge and blossom.

Author : Robert Geyer,Samir Rihani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415556620

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Complexity and Public Policy by Robert Geyer,Samir Rihani Pdf

This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to complexity thinking, its application to the social sciences and public policy, and the relevance of its tools to politics, health, the international realm, development, planning and terrorism.

Author : David Colander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1400897890

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Author : Robert Geyer,Paul Cairney
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781782549529

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Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy by Robert Geyer,Paul Cairney Pdf

'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

Author : Cristiano Antonelli
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857930378

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Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change by Cristiano Antonelli Pdf

This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and Marshallian legacies. The Handbook elaborates the notion of innovation as an emerging property of the organized complexity of an economic system, and provides the basic tools to understand the recursive dynamics between the emergence of innovation and the unfolding of organized complexity. In so doing, it highlights the role of organizational thinking in explaining the introduction of innovations and the dynamics of structural change. With a new methodological approach to the economics of technological change, this wide-ranging volume will become the standard reference for postgraduates, academics and practitioners in the fields of evolutionary economics, complexity economics and the economics of innovation.

Author : Judith E. Innes,David E. Booher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351374972

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Planning with Complexity by Judith E. Innes,David E. Booher Pdf

In an era of rapid change, uncertainty, and hyperpartisanship, when wicked problems abound, tools for solving public problems are more essential than ever. The authors lay out a new theory for collaborative practice in planning, public administration, and public policy. Planning with Complexity provides both theoretical underpinnings and extensive case material on collaboration and offers ways of understanding and conducting effective practice. Collaborative rationality means collaboration that is inclusive, informed, grounded in authentic dialogue, and that results in wise and durable outcomes. The scholar-practitioner author team builds on more than 40 years of research, teaching, and practice addressing environmental issues, housing, and transportation. This second edition updates the case studies and adds new examples reflecting the global spread of collaborative practices. It builds on insights that have recently emerged in the literature. More than 75 new references have been incorporated, along with new tables. This book is essential for students, educators, scholars, and reflective practitioners in public policy fields in the 21st century.

Author : Eve Mitleton-Kelly,Alexandros Paraskevas,Christopher Day
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785364426

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Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science by Eve Mitleton-Kelly,Alexandros Paraskevas,Christopher Day Pdf

This comprehensive Handbook is aimed at both academic researchers and practitioners in the field of complexity science. The book’s 26 chapters, specially written by leading experts, provide in-depth coverage of research methods based on the sciences of complexity. The research methods presented are illustratively applied to practical cases and are readily accessible to researchers and decision makers alike.

Author : Stella Z. Theodoulou,Chris Kofinis
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Policy sciences
ISBN : 0534529046

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The Art of the Game by Stella Z. Theodoulou,Chris Kofinis Pdf

THE ART OF THE GAME defines the dynamics of public policy, elucidates the complexity intrinsic to each stage of the policy process, and delves into the implications of public policy for American politics and society. Illustrating concepts and theories relevant to the policy process, the text incorporates contemporary examples with a variety of creative exercises that develop a theoretical and practical understanding of the subject matter. Underscoring this approach is a desire to combine both academic and applied perspectives. This approach helps readers to comprehend the significance of each stage and the dynamics of the policy process. In other words, rather than offering mere description or a standard explanation of the subject matter, THE ART OF THE GAME merges solid coverage of theoretical principles with an applied policy approach.

Author : David Byrne,Gillian Callaghan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134084982

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Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences by David Byrne,Gillian Callaghan Pdf

For the past two decades, ‘complexity’ has informed a range of work across the social sciences. There are diverse schools of complexity thinking, and authors have used these ideas in a multiplicity of ways, from health inequalities to the organization of large scale firms. Some understand complexity as emergence from the rule-based interactions of simple agents and explore it through agent-based modelling. Others argue against such ‘restricted complexity’ and for the development of case-based narratives deploying a much wider set of approaches and techniques. Major social theorists have been reinterpreted through a complexity lens and the whole methodological programme of the social sciences has been recast in complexity terms. In four parts, this book seeks to establish ‘the state of the art’ of complexity-informed social science as it stands now, examining: the key issues in complexity theory the implications of complexity theory for social theory the methodology and methods of complexity theory complexity within disciplines and fields. It also points ways forward towards a complexity-informed social science for the twenty-first century, investigating the argument for a post-disciplinary, ‘open’ social science. Byrne and Callaghan consider how this might be developed as a programme of teaching and research within social science. This book will be particularly relevant for, and interesting to, students and scholars of social research methods, social theory, business and organization studies, health, education, urban studies and development studies.

Author : Göktuğ Morçöl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136283468

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A Complexity Theory for Public Policy by Göktuğ Morçöl Pdf

Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory have been applied by scholars of public affairs in North America and Europe, but a comprehensive framework for these applications is lacking. A Complexity Theory for Public Policy proposes a conceptual synthesis and sets a foundation for future developments and applications. In this book, Göktuğ Morçöl convincingly makes the case that complexity theory can help us understand better the self-organizational, emergent, and co-evolutionary characteristics of complex policy systems. In doing so, he discuss the epistemological implications of complexity theory and the methods complexity researchers use, and those methods they could use. As the complexity studies spread more around the world in the coming decades, the contents of this book will become appealing to larger audiences, particularly to scholars and graduate students in public affairs. The unique combination of synthesis and explanation of concepts and methods found in this book will serve as reference frames for future works.

Author : David Byrne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134714742

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Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences by David Byrne Pdf

Chaos and complexity are the new buzz words in both science and contemporary society. The ideas they represent have enormous implications for the way we understand and engage with the world. Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences introduces students to the central ideas which surround the chaos/complexity theories. It discusses key concepts before using them as a way of investigating the nature of social research. By applying them to such familiar topics as urban studies, education and health, David Byrne allows readers new to the subject to appreciate the contribution which complexity theory can make to social research and to illuminating the crucial social issues of our day.

Author : Jeffrey Johnson,Andrzej Nowak,Paul Ormerod,Bridget Rosewell,Yi-Cheng Zhang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319424248

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Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy by Jeffrey Johnson,Andrzej Nowak,Paul Ormerod,Bridget Rosewell,Yi-Cheng Zhang Pdf

The overall aim of this book, an outcome of the European FP7 FET Open NESS project, is to contribute to the ongoing effort to put the quantitative social sciences on a proper footing for the 21st century. A key focus is economics, and its implications on policy making, where the still dominant traditional approach increasingly struggles to capture the economic realities we observe in the world today - with vested interests getting too often in the way of real advances. Insights into behavioral economics and modern computing techniques have made possible both the integration of larger information sets and the exploration of disequilibrium behavior. The domain-based chapters of this work illustrate how economic theory is the only branch of social sciences which still holds to its old paradigm of an equilibrium science - an assumption that has already been relaxed in all related fields of research in the light of recent advances in complex and dynamical systems theory and related data mining. The other chapters give various takes on policy and decision making in this context. Written in nontechnical style throughout, with a mix of tutorial and essay-like contributions, this book will benefit all researchers, scientists, professionals and practitioners interested in learning about the 'thinking in complexity' to understand how socio-economic systems really work.

Author : Roland Kupers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674972124

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A Climate Policy Revolution by Roland Kupers Pdf

"In this book, Roland Kupers argues that the climate crisis is well suited to the bottom-up, rapid, and revolutionary change complexity science theorizes; he succinctly makes the case that complexity science promises policy solutions to address climate change"--

Author : Neil E. Harrison,Robert Geyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000466041

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Governing Complexity in the 21st Century by Neil E. Harrison,Robert Geyer Pdf

Governing Complexity in the 21st Century surveys the ways in which social systems are becoming more complex. It shows how this complexity impacts every aspect of life for individuals, governments and societies in most social systems at individual, regional, national and global scales and explores how embracing ‘complexity thinking’ can greatly improve the art of governance in all policy areas. The book clearly explains the ideas and methods of complexity science—widely accepted in both the natural and social sciences—then demonstrates how ‘complexity thinking’ can be applied to improve our understanding of governance and policy actions. Providing a deep analysis of many governance challenges, including economic development and technological innovation, environment management, climate change and development in the Middle East, the book also compares national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Clear and jargon-free, this book is accessible to undergraduates and scholars alike. It is essential reading for policymakers everywhere, showcasing methods for governing effectively and efficiently in our increasingly complex world. It brings together the broad range of social and environmental science fields and will be useful for those studying or working in policy, politics and international relations, environmental issues, business management, philosophy, history and sociology.

Author : Giliberto Capano,Michael Howlett
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789904987

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A Modern Guide to Public Policy by Giliberto Capano,Michael Howlett Pdf

A Modern Guide to Public Policy explores the many approaches and methodologies in the study of policy making that have appeared over recent decades, ranging from the examination of micro level of human behaviour to the impact of global political systems on policies and policy-making. This expertly curated and accessible Elgar Modern Guide is a valuable resource for both graduate and undergraduate students and for practitioners seeking an introduction to public policy and public management and a concise guide to research in the discipline.