This book assesses the value and relevance of the literature on complex systems to policy making, contributing to both social theory and policy analysis. For this purpose it develops two key ideas:agi
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Traditionally, Sociology has identified its subject matter as a distinct set – social phenomena – that can be taken as quite different and largely disconnected from potentially relevant disciplines su
