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David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. His research interests include complexity theory, post-industrial social structures, urban systems, taxation policy, the privatization of welfare systems, quantitative methods, and case-based methods. He is the author of Applying Social Science: The Role of Social Research in Politics, Policy and Practice (Policy Press, 2011), Class after Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)and Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID: A Complex Realist Approach (Routledge, 2021) and co-author of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art (First Edition, Routledge, 2013) and Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century (Policy Press, 2017).
Gillian Callaghan is a teacher of social theory and qualitative methods and an experienced evaluator of social and health interventions. Her research interests include complexity theory, deindustrialization and post-industrial social structure, class, social capital and community, and issues of power, participation, and governance. She is the author of numerous journal articles and co-author of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art (First Edition, Routledge, 2013).
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4.0 out of 5 stars This is a book for scholars already well acquainted with the field
This book contains some fascinating ideas and I am finding it worthwhile for that reason. But I'm not going to lie, this is probably the most difficult book I've ever read, and I enjoy reading difficult books.This book is aimed at other scholars in this field, and there is a constant stream of references to a wide variety of theorists without giving background as to what their theories are - it is assumed that the reader will know them. The prose is very, very dense. if you enjoy reading sentences such as "To consider the ontological status of space/time in realist-based complexity we can draw on Sayer's discussion of space/place as in a contingent rather than necessary relation" then this book is for you. I would imagine these authors consider the work of Michele Foucault to be "overly simplified". This book has no intention of catering to your inexperience. But if you are willing to fight your way through the language, there are some really worthwhile ideas, and by the end I expect to have a much better understanding of the current landscape of social theory and complexity theory if it doesn't kill me first.
Comnecting crirical realism and Comğlexity
Excellent overwew of nex developments in qualitative data analysis complexity theory quantitative approaches and postructıtalism agent based modelling QCA and others.Aıthors realise a methpdological and epistemological “tour de force”
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. His research interests include complexity theory, post-industrial social structures, urban systems, taxation policy, the privatization of welfare systems, quantitative methods, and case-based methods. He is the author of Applying Social Science: The Role of Social Research in Politics, Policy and Practice (Policy Press, 2011), Class after Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)and Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID: A Complex Realist Approach (Routledge, 2021) and co-author of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art (First Edition, Routledge, 2013) and Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century (Policy Press, 2017).
Gillian Callaghan is a teacher of social theory and qualitative methods and an experienced evaluator of social and health interventions. Her research interests include complexity theory, deindustrialization and post-industrial social structure, class, social capital and community, and issues of power, participation, and governance. She is the author of numerous journal articles and co-author of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art (First Edition, Routledge, 2013).
Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a book for scholars already well acquainted with the field
This book contains some fascinating ideas and I am finding it worthwhile for that reason. But I'm not going to lie, this is probably the most difficult book I've ever read, and I enjoy reading difficult books.This book is aimed at other scholars in this field, and there is a constant stream of references to a wide variety of theorists without giving background as to what their theories are - it is assumed that the reader will know them. The prose is very, very dense. if you enjoy reading sentences such as "To consider the ontological status of space/time in realist-based complexity we can draw on Sayer's discussion of space/place as in a contingent rather than necessary relation" then this book is for you. I would imagine these authors consider the work of Michele Foucault to be "overly simplified". This book has no intention of catering to your inexperience. But if you are willing to fight your way through the language, there are some really worthwhile ideas, and by the end I expect to have a much better understanding of the current landscape of social theory and complexity theory if it doesn't kill me first.
Comnecting crirical realism and Comğlexity
Excellent overwew of nex developments in qualitative data analysis complexity theory quantitative approaches and postructıtalism agent based modelling QCA and others.Aıthors realise a methpdological and epistemological “tour de force”
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