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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24149| Appears in Collections: | History and Politics Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | A critical discussion of complexity theory: how does 'complexity thinking' improve our understanding of politics and policymaking? |
| Author(s): | Cairney, Paul Geyer, Robert |
| Contact Email: | p.a.cairney@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | complexity theory complex systems politics policymaking interdisciplinarity policy studies Democratic accountability Pragmatism |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Date Deposited: | 24-Aug-2016 |
| Citation: | Cairney P & Geyer R (2017) A critical discussion of complexity theory: how does 'complexity thinking' improve our understanding of politics and policymaking?. Complexity, Governance and Networks, 3 (2), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.20377/cgn-56 |
| Abstract: | In this brief article, we present a critical discussion of complexity theory, asking: what does it really offer policy studies? We suggest that its stated advantages - interdisciplinarity, theoretical novelty, and empirical advance - are generally exaggerated and based more on hope than experience. In that context, we identify a cautiously positive role for complexity theory, primarily as a way to bridge academic and policymaker discussions and prompt important discussions of pragmatism in policymaking |
| DOI Link: | 10.20377/cgn-56 |
| Rights: | Published in Complexity, Governance & Networks by University of Bamberg Press to be published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license The original publication will be available at: https://doi.org/10.20377/cgn-56 |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
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