Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences
Subtitle: Foundations and Applications
Contributors: L. Douglas Kiel (Editor); Euel Elliott (Editor)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: January 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780472106387
Subjects: Chaos theory; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Social theory; Politics / Current Events; Philosophy Of Social Science; Use Of Models In The Social Sciences; Politics/International Relations; Sociology - General; General; Methodology; Chaotic behavior in systems; Mathematical models; Social sciences
Description: Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences: Foundations and Applications offers the most recent thinking in applying the chaos paradigm to the social sciences. The book explores the methodological techniques - and their difficulties - for determining whether chaotic processes may in fact exist in a particular instance and examines implications of chaos theory when applied specifically to political science, economics, and sociology.

The contributors to the book show that no single technique can be use to diagnose and describe all chaotic processes and identify the strengths and limitations of a variety of approaches.