商品簡介
'Complexity and Public Policy is not only an excellent read, but it provides a thought provoking analysis of how and why so many policy initiatives - including those in public health, the war on terrorism, aid and development, the war in Iraq, and so on - have been such disappointments, disasters even. What the authors do is nothing less than challenge all of us, policymakers, scholars and citizens alike, to begin to think much differently than we ever had before. Quite simply, to stop thinking that the world unfolds in a linear way when there is all kinds of evidence to the contrary. It might sound like a truism to say that this should be required reading for all policymakers, but this time the truism happens to be true.'-Mark Gibney, Belk Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina-Asheville
'Geyer & Rihani's book provides us with a lively and engaging primer in complexity theory for political analysts and policy makers, demystifying and belying the complexity of the theory it describes. It is a timely and valuable addition to Me existing literature Mat deserves to be widely read and engaged with.'-Colin Hay, Professor of Political Analysis, University of Sheffield, UK
'A fascinating study bringing some deep insights from complexity theory to the EU, Iraq, Me 3rd way and Me war on terror. A key message for policy makers is Mat top-down policy may be necessary, but not sufficient, and Me individual citizen has to be engaged.'-Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Professor; London School of Economics, UK
'This is an eminently readable book, a primer to complexity written specifically for social scientists. It is highly recommended reading for teachers as well as students of methods, and for anybody interested not just in science but also in public policy and what it can and cannot do. Particularly important and impressive is what the authors have to say on public policies aimed at simplification and rationalization of social structures, and on the high social costs of their inevitable failure.'-Wolfgang Streeck, Visiting Scholar; Russell Sage Foundation, New York
Complexity and Public Policy: A New Approach to 21st Century Politics, Policy and Society challenges the predominantly orderly paradigm, concepts and tools of public policy with a new framework based on a complexity perspective, concepts and tools.
The book is vital reading for students and scholars of the social sciences and public policy, and also policymakers and the policy actor audience.
作者簡介
Robert Geyer is Professor of Politics, Complexity and Policy at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK.
Dr Samir Rihani is Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, UK and is Non-Executive Director of the Liverpool Primary Care Trust, UK.
