Forever Crisis - Adaptive Global Governance for an Era of Accelerating Complexity

This book is an introduction to complex systems thinking at the global governance level. It offers concepts, tools, and ways of thinking about how systems change that can be applied to the most wicked problems facing the world today.

Sommario

Introduction 1. A simple guide to complexity 2. Applying complexity to global governance 3. Beyond the tipping point: Environmental governance in the Anthropocene 4. Violence as a disease: An immune system against war 5. Bugs in the system: Cyberattacks and the problem of endless infection 6. Rise of the machines: AI becomes ungovernable 7. Back to the future: How complexity can help us save the world. An Afterworld

Info autore

Adam Day is Head of UN University Centre for Policy Research in Geneva. He co-led the Secretariat of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism and supported the Secretary-General's Our Common Agenda report. He previously served as Senior Political Advisor to the UN peace operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in UN operations in Sudan, South Sudan, and the Middle East. A former human rights lawyer, Adam worked for Human Rights Watch, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and Open Society Justice Initiative in Cambodia. Amongst many publications on complexity, Adam's previous book, States of Disorder, applies complexity thinking to UN state-building.

Riassunto

This book is an introduction to complex systems thinking at the global governance level. It offers concepts, tools, and ways of thinking about how systems change that can be applied to the most wicked problems facing the world today.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adam Day, Adam (Un University) Day
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032828084
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282808-4
• Pagine: 184
• Serie: Print on Demand
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Public Administration, Political Economy, Public administration / Public policy