TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byrne,D.S.
TI  - Complexity theory and the social sciences: the state of the art 
SN  - 9780415693684 (pbk.)
U1  - 300 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London 
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Chaotic behavior in systems
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-286) and index; Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Framing the issues -- Understanding the complex -- Restricted complexity and general complexity : an outline of the arguments -- Complexity theory and the philosophy of social science -- Complexity theory meets social theory -- Evolutionary social theory -- Structure and agency -- Time and place -- Complexity theory : methodology and methods -- Complexity and methodology : exploring trajectories through narratives -- Hunting causes in a complex world -- Researching the complex social -- Complexity in action -- Complexity in disciplines and fields -- Opening the social sciences : the post-disciplinary implications of the complexity frame of reference -- Conclusion: complexity and the social sciences : the way forward -- Bibliography
ER  -