Complexity and co-evolution : continuity and change in socio-economic systems
- Title
- Complexity and co-evolution : continuity and change in socio-economic systems / edited by Elizabeth Garnsey and James McGlade.
- Published by
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2006.
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- Description
- ix, 219 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book applies ideas and methods from the complexity perspective to key concerns in the social sciences, exploring co-evolutionary processes that have not yet been addressed in the technical or popular literature on complexity."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. The nature of complexity / James McGlade and Elizabeth Garnsey -- 2. Evolution, diversity and organization / Peter Allen, Mark Strathern and James Baldwin -- 3. Cities : continuity, transformation and emergence / Michael Batty, Joana Barros and Sinesio Alves Junior -- 4. Ecohistorical regimes and la longue duree : an approach to mapping long-term societal change / James McGlade -- 5. Restless capitalism : a complexity perspective on modern capitalist economies / Ronnie Ramlogan and J. Stanley Metcalfe -- 6. Industrial resilience and decline : a co-evolutionary framework / James McGlade, Robert Murray, James Baldwin, Keith Ridgway and Belinda Winder.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.