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Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy
Though its roots in the natural sciences go back to the early 20th century, complexity theory as a scientific framework has developed most rapidly since the 1970s. Increasingly, complexity theory has been integrated into the social sciences, and this groundbreaking Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy has brought together top thinkers in complexity and policy from around the world.
With contributions from Europe, North America, Brazil and China this comprehensive Handbook splits the topic into three cohesive parts: Theory and Tools, Methods and Modeling, and Application.
With contributions from Europe, North America, Brazil and China this comprehensive Handbook splits the topic into three cohesive parts: Theory and Tools, Methods and Modeling, and Application.
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Though its roots in the natural sciences go back to the early 20th century, complexity theory as a scientific framework has developed rapidly from the 1970s onwards. Since the 1990s, it has been increasingly integrated into the social sciences and public policy. The ground-breaking and wide-ranging Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy brings together the latest work from top academics, researchers and policy actors working with complexity and policy from Europe, North America, Brazil and China and organizes it into three clear and cohesive parts:
· Theory and Tools
· Methods and Modelling for Policy Research and Action
· Applying Complexity to Local, National and International Policy.
With its distinctive combination of theory, methods and policy applications, comprehensive coverage of the field and state of the art overview, this Handbook is an essential read for students, academics and policy practitioners.
· Theory and Tools
· Methods and Modelling for Policy Research and Action
· Applying Complexity to Local, National and International Policy.
With its distinctive combination of theory, methods and policy applications, comprehensive coverage of the field and state of the art overview, this Handbook is an essential read for students, academics and policy practitioners.
Critical Acclaim
‘Over recent years Complexity Science has revealed to us new limits to our possible knowledge and control in social, cultural and economic systems. Instead of supposing that past statistics and patterns will give us predictable outcomes for possible actions, we now know the world is, and will always be, creative and surprising. Continuous structural evolution within such systems may change the mechanisms, descriptors, problems and opportunities, often negating policy aims. We therefore need to redevelop our thinking about interventions, policies and policy making, moving perhaps to a humbler, more ‘learning’ approach. In this Handbook, leading thinkers in multiple domains set out these new ideas and allow us to understand how these new ideas are changing policymaking and policies in this new era.’
– Peter M. Allen, Cranfield University, UK
‘Complexity Theory has come to the fore because the world we live in is complex and many of the issues which confront us cannot be handled by the conventional tools of science, including social science. In public policy and professional practice, we are well aware of wicked issues where simple interventions often make things worse instead of better. The chapters in this excellent Handbook put complexity to work where it matters - in informing our thinking and action across governance and public policy.’
– David Byrne, Durham University, UK
– Peter M. Allen, Cranfield University, UK
‘Complexity Theory has come to the fore because the world we live in is complex and many of the issues which confront us cannot be handled by the conventional tools of science, including social science. In public policy and professional practice, we are well aware of wicked issues where simple interventions often make things worse instead of better. The chapters in this excellent Handbook put complexity to work where it matters - in informing our thinking and action across governance and public policy.’
– David Byrne, Durham University, UK
Contributors
Contributors: S. Astill, U.Bilge, T. Bovaird, P. Cairney, A. Caloffi, T. Carmichael, M. Darking, G. de Roo, B. Edmonds, C. Gershenson, R. Geyer, M. Givel, B. Gray, M. Hadzikadic, P. Haynes, C. Hobbs, M. Howlett, L. Johnson, R. Kenny, K.E. Lehmann, A. Little, Q. Liu, E. Mitleton-Kelly, G. Morçöl, D. Nohrstedt, S. Occelli, J. Price, J. Rayner, C. Ricaurte, G. Room, F. Rossi, M. Russo, F. Semboloni, K. Treadwell Shine, J. Stroud, T. Tenbensel, C. Warren-Adamson, T.E. Webb, A. Wellstead, J. Whitmeyer
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer
PART I: THEORY AND TOOLS
2. Complexity, Power and Policy
Graham Room
3. Complexity and Real Politics
Adrian Little
4. Critical Legal Studies and a Complexity Approach: Some Initial Observations for Law and Policy
Thomas E. Webb
5. ''What''s the Big Deal?'': Complexity Versus Traditional US Policy Approaches
Michael Givel
6. Can We Discover the Higgs Boson of Public Policy or Public Administration Theory? A Complexity Theory Answer
Göktuǧ Morçöl
7. The Policymaker''s Complexity Toolkit
Jim Price, Philip Haynes and Mary Darking, Julia Stroud, Chris Warren- Adamson, Carla Ricaurte-Ouijano
8. Effective Policy Making: Addressing Apparently Intractable Problems
Eve Mitleton-Kelly
PART II: METHODS AND MODELLING FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND ACTION
9. Complexity Theory and Political Science: Do New Theories Require New Methods?
Stuart Astill and Paul Cairney
10. Complexity Modelling and Application to Policy Research
Liz Johnson
11. Policymaking as Complex Cartography? Mapping and Achieving Probable Futures Using Complex Concepts and Tools
Kasey Treadwell Shine
12. The Role of Models in Bridging Expert and Lay Knowledge in Policy-Making Activities
Sylvie Occelli and Ferdinando Semboloni
13. Modelling Complexity for Policy: Opportunities and Challenges
Bruce Edmonds and Carlos Gershenson
14. Using Agent-Base Modelling to Inform Policy for Complex Domains
Mirsad Hadzikadic, Joseph Whitmeyer and Ted Carmichael
PART III: APPLYING COMPLEXITY TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
15. Local Government Service Design Skills Through the Appreciation of Complexity
Catherine Hobbs
16. Managing Complex Adaptive Systems to Improve Public Outcomes in Birmingham, UK
Tony Bovaird and Richard Kenny
17. Brazil and Violent Crime: Complexity as a Way of Approaching ''Intractable'' Problems
Kai Enno Lehmann
18. Educating for Equality: The Complex Policy of Domestic Migrants'' Children in China
Qian Liu
19.The Emergence of Iintermediary Organizations: A Network-based Approach to the Design of Innovation Policies
Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Margherita Russo
20. Complexity Theory and Collaborative Crisis Governance in Sweden
Daniel Nohrstedt
21. Going for Plan B- Conditioning Adaptive Planning. About Urban Planning and Institutional Design in a Non-linear, Complex World
Gert de Roo
22. Complexity and Health Policy
Tim Tenbensel
23. A Case Study of Complexity and Health Policy: Planning for a Pandemic
Ben Gray
24. How useful is Complexity Theory to Policy Studies? Lessons from the Climate Change Adaptation Literature
Adam Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner
25. Agent Based Modelling and the Global Trade Network
Ugur Bilge
26. The International Financial Crisis: The Failure of a Complex System
Philip Haynes
CONCLUSION
27. Where does Complexity and Policy Go from Here?
Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer
Index
1. Introduction
Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer
PART I: THEORY AND TOOLS
2. Complexity, Power and Policy
Graham Room
3. Complexity and Real Politics
Adrian Little
4. Critical Legal Studies and a Complexity Approach: Some Initial Observations for Law and Policy
Thomas E. Webb
5. ''What''s the Big Deal?'': Complexity Versus Traditional US Policy Approaches
Michael Givel
6. Can We Discover the Higgs Boson of Public Policy or Public Administration Theory? A Complexity Theory Answer
Göktuǧ Morçöl
7. The Policymaker''s Complexity Toolkit
Jim Price, Philip Haynes and Mary Darking, Julia Stroud, Chris Warren- Adamson, Carla Ricaurte-Ouijano
8. Effective Policy Making: Addressing Apparently Intractable Problems
Eve Mitleton-Kelly
PART II: METHODS AND MODELLING FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND ACTION
9. Complexity Theory and Political Science: Do New Theories Require New Methods?
Stuart Astill and Paul Cairney
10. Complexity Modelling and Application to Policy Research
Liz Johnson
11. Policymaking as Complex Cartography? Mapping and Achieving Probable Futures Using Complex Concepts and Tools
Kasey Treadwell Shine
12. The Role of Models in Bridging Expert and Lay Knowledge in Policy-Making Activities
Sylvie Occelli and Ferdinando Semboloni
13. Modelling Complexity for Policy: Opportunities and Challenges
Bruce Edmonds and Carlos Gershenson
14. Using Agent-Base Modelling to Inform Policy for Complex Domains
Mirsad Hadzikadic, Joseph Whitmeyer and Ted Carmichael
PART III: APPLYING COMPLEXITY TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
15. Local Government Service Design Skills Through the Appreciation of Complexity
Catherine Hobbs
16. Managing Complex Adaptive Systems to Improve Public Outcomes in Birmingham, UK
Tony Bovaird and Richard Kenny
17. Brazil and Violent Crime: Complexity as a Way of Approaching ''Intractable'' Problems
Kai Enno Lehmann
18. Educating for Equality: The Complex Policy of Domestic Migrants'' Children in China
Qian Liu
19.The Emergence of Iintermediary Organizations: A Network-based Approach to the Design of Innovation Policies
Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Margherita Russo
20. Complexity Theory and Collaborative Crisis Governance in Sweden
Daniel Nohrstedt
21. Going for Plan B- Conditioning Adaptive Planning. About Urban Planning and Institutional Design in a Non-linear, Complex World
Gert de Roo
22. Complexity and Health Policy
Tim Tenbensel
23. A Case Study of Complexity and Health Policy: Planning for a Pandemic
Ben Gray
24. How useful is Complexity Theory to Policy Studies? Lessons from the Climate Change Adaptation Literature
Adam Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner
25. Agent Based Modelling and the Global Trade Network
Ugur Bilge
26. The International Financial Crisis: The Failure of a Complex System
Philip Haynes
CONCLUSION
27. Where does Complexity and Policy Go from Here?
Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer
Index
