An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change. The onset of the Anthropocene, an era in which human actions have become major drivers of change on a planetary scale, has increased the complexity of socioecological systems. Complex systems pose novel challenges for governance because of t...(展开全部)

In Social Capital, first published in 2001, Nan Lin explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social capital, or resources accessed through such connections and relations, is critical (along with human capital, or what a person or organization actually possesses) to individuals, social groups, organizations, and communities in ...(展开全部)

This book presents nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problems. "Managing Complex Systems" provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. B...(展开全部)

作者簡介 尼可拉斯．魯曼（Niklas Luhmann, 1927-1998） 德國當代知名社會學家，他的系統理論是二十世紀社會學的重要理論。 曾於1988年獲「黑格爾獎」（Hegel-Preis），其著作《社會的社會》於1997年獲「阿瑪菲社會學及社會科學獎」 （Premio Europeo Amalfi per la Sociologia e le Scienze Sociali）。 魯曼1970年正式獲得畢勒佛大學社會學教席後，嘗試發展出一套複雜的新社會理論，分成三大部份：一是系統理論的導論，成果即是1984年出版的《社會系統》一書，奠定他在社會學理論的重要地位；其次是社會諸不同系統的各論；第三是對現代社會重要功能的整體性分析，即《社會的社會》。 他的著作繁多，有超過50本的專書與500餘篇論文，如《愛情作為激情》、《社會之經濟》、《風險社會學...(展开全部)

A major challenge confronting contemporary theory is to overcome its fixation on written narratives and the culture of print. In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication. Luhmann concedes that there is no longer a bi...(展开全部)

This book is a comprehensive introduction to quantitative approaches to complex adaptive systems. Practically all areas of life on this planet are constantly confronted with complex systems, be it ecosystems, societies, traffic, financial markets, opinion formation and spreading, or the internet and social media. Complex systems are systems composed of many elements that intera...(展开全部)

Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary en...(展开全部)

Jedediah Purdy is Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.

An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies. Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystem...(展开全部)