Walter C. Clemens, Jr. ; foreword by Stuart A. Kauffman.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxii, 266 pages ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
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SUNY series, James N. Rosenau series in global politics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Why a science of complexity? -- Basic concepts of complexity science -- A crucial test case: why the Baltic is not the Balkans -- Culture and the capacity to cope with complexity -- Complexity science as a tool to understand the new Eurasia -- How complexity concepts explain past and present fitness -- Hyperpower challenged: prospects for Americans -- End of the American dream? -- Toward a new paradigm for global studies: -- Challenges to complexity science -- Afterword: science and art: exploring the genome together.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Argues that complexity science provides a useful paradigm for analysis of social and policy sciences"--