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9780415712965: Societal Complexity: System Effects and the Problem of Prediction
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ISBN 10: 0415712963 ISBN 13: 9780415712965
Editorial: Routledge, 2013

Sinopsis

The complexity of the modern world makes it difficult to predict the effects of political actions. In his 1992 book, System Effects, Robert Jervis underscored this difficulty by pointing to various sources of complexity when people interact. For example, they may misperceive each other’s perceptions, leading their actions to backfire or create unintended side effects. In this collection, scholars of international relations, law, network analysis, political philosophy, and political science examine why questions of societal complexity have become unfashionable in some social sciences and fashionable in others. And they discuss whether complex social interactions tie our hands: if our actions are unpredictable, should we, and can we, stop acting? Among the contributors are noted legal theorist Richard Posner; Philip E. Tetlock, the world’s leading expert on the predictive shortcomings of "experts"; and Jervis himself, who contributes a retrospective look at his 1992 book and its lessons.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.

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Jeffrey Friedman is a visiting scholar in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA, received an MA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, USA. He is the founder and editor of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415712963
ISBN 13 
9780415712965
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
136
Editor
Friedman Jeffrey
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