Political consequences of complexity

Alpha (Osorno) 38:197-214 (2014)
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Los estudios y trabajo sobre la complejidad son crecientes en el mundo. Sin embargo, no existen trabajos que de manera explícita consideren las implicaciones políticas del estudio sobre los fenómenos complejos no lineales. Este texto explora las más importantes consecuencias políticas de las ciencias de la complejidad y se propone llenar en forma parcial este vacío. El texto argumenta que las consecuencias políticas de la complejidad incluyen a las políticas públicas que incumben a la política en sentido amplio y fuerte. Tres ejes articulan el argumento: primero, una presentación de lo que son las ciencias de la complejidad y sus derivaciones; luego, la consideración de las consecuencias políticas de la complejidad, que es el núcleo, y por último, se subrayan las interrelaciones entre revoluciones científicas y revoluciones políticas. Al final, se extraen algunas conclusiones. Studies and work on complexity are increasing all over the world. However, there is not one study that explicitly considers the political implications of understanding and explanations of non-linear complex phenomena. This paper explores the most important political consequences of the sciences of complexity and intends to fill a gap in the literature. I shall claim that the political implications of complexity do include policies but they encompass mainly politics in the largest and strongest sense of the word. This argument is supported by three main ideas: firstly, the sciences of complexity are introduced and several derivations are sketched out; secondly, the political implications are considered and; thirdly, the inner relationships between scientific and political revolutions are highlighted. Finally, several conclusions are drawn

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Complexity theory and implications for policy development.Jean Boulton - 2010 - Emergence: Complexity and Organization 12 (2):31-40.

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