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In this text, development studies encounters what is popularly known as "chaos theory" - ideas which in the natural sciences have usurped Newtonian certainties about the simple linearity of physical phenomena, causality and certainty. The author applies this to the processes of economic development ideas like uncertainty, complexity and unpredictability. Ranging over evolving economic thinking, specific country experiences and development issues, the book applies the key concepts developed by complex adaptive systems thinking. He looks at various aspects of the development process and demonstrates the limitations of linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world.
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Samir Rihani is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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"Complexity theory has serious relevance for the social sciences. This book lays out a blanket challenge. Its critique ought to provoke significant debate."-- Professor Barry Munslow, University of Liverpool.
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- PublisherZed Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1842770462
- ISBN 13 9781842770467
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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