Complex Systems Theory and Development Practice

Understanding Non-linear Realities

• Author(s): Samir Rihani,
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Pages: 280
• ISBN_10: 1842770470
  ISBN_13: 9781842770474
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Business Development , Business & Economics / Economic History , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Philosophy / General , Science / System Theory , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

Description:... Here, for the first time, development studies encounters the set of ideas popularly known as 'Chaos Theory'. Samir Rihani applies to the processes of economic development, ideas from complex adaptive systems like uncertainty, complexity, and unpredictability. Rihani examines various aspects of the development process - including the World Bank, debt, and the struggle against poverty - and demonstrates the limitations of fundamentally linear thinking in an essentially non-linear world.