Complexity of Self Government - Politics From the Bottom Up

This book represents a revolutionary approach to political science, revealing the practical human basis of why the world works.

List of contents

1. The simplicity of complexity; 2. The haecceity of politics; 3. The complexity of self organisation; 4. The social complexity of games; 5. The complexity of change; 6. The complexity of political intelligence; 7. The complexity of simplicity.

About the author

Ruth Lane is an Associate Professor at the American University, Washington, DC, where she teaches methodology and comparative politics. Her research focuses on the computer modelling of bottom-up political processes.

Summary

This book represents a revolutionary approach to political science, revealing the practical human basis of why the world works as it does. Using micro-sociology, political economics and non-technical game theory within the unifying theory of complexity, the text shows how the politics of daily life can be explained and transformed.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Ruth Lane, Ruth Lane, Ruth (American University Lane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107163744
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16374-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes