Complex Systems Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non-Linear Realities - Softcover

Rihani, Samir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842770470 ISBN 13: 9781842770474

Publisher: Zed Books, 2002

Synopsis

Here, for the first time, development studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development, ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity, and unpredictability. Rihani examines various aspects of the development process - including the World Bank, debt, and the struggle against poverty - and demonstrates the limitations of fundamentally linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world.

About this title

About the Author:

Samir Rihani is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Review:

'Complexity theory has serious relevance for the social sciences. This book lays out a blanket challenge. Its critique ought to provoke significant debate.' Barry Munslow, University of Liverpool 'The paradigm shift advocated in this book offers a sound theoretical structure for substantive progress in the field of development.' Hernando de Soto, author of The Mystery of Capital

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1842770470
• ISBN 13: 9781842770474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256