TY  - BOOK
AU  - JERVIS Robert
TI  - System effects: complexity in political and social life
SN  - 0691005303 (pbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton Univ Press
KW  - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
KW  - SOCIAL SYSTEMS
N2  - Suggests that the foundations of many social science theories, particularly in political science, are faulty. Based on insights from complexity theory the author notes that people live in an interconnected world, where unintended consequences of actions are both unavoidable and unpredictable
ER  -