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System Effects

Complexity in Political and Social Life

Autor: Robert Jervis

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Princeton University Press

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Based on more than three decades of observation, Robert Jervis concludes in this provocative book th...

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Autor

Robert Jervis

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1999

strony

328

EAN

9780691005300

ISBN

0691005303

Enbook ID

04639183

Wydawca

Princeton University Press

Waga

536

Wymiary

235 x 157 x 20

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Based on more than three decades of observation, Robert Jervis concludes in this provocative book that the very foundations of many social science theories - especially those in political science - are faulty. Taking insights from complexity theory as his point of departure, the author observes that we live in a world where things are interconnected, where unintended consequences of our actions are unavoidable and unpredictable, and where the total effect of behavior is not equal to the sum of individual actions. Jervis draws on a wide range of human endeavors to illustrate the nature of these system effects. He shows how increasing airport security might actually cost lives, not save them, and how removing dead trees (ostensibly to give living trees more room) may damage the health of an entire forest. Similarly, he highlights the interconnectedness of the political world as he describes how the Cold War played out and as he narrates the series of events - with their unintended consequences - that escalated into World War I. The ramifications of developing a rigorous understanding of politics are immense, as Jervis demonstrates in his critique of current systemic theories of international politics - especially the influential work done by Kenneth Waltz. Jervis goes on to examine various types of negative and positive feedback, bargaining in different types of relationships, and the polarizing effects of alignments to begin building a foundation for a more realistic, more nuanced, theory of international politics. "System Effects" concludes by examining what it means to act in a system. It shows how political actors might modify their behavior in anticipation of system effects, and it explores how systemic theories of political behavior might account for the role of anticipation and strategy in political action. This work introduces powerful new concepts that will reward not only international relations theorists, but also all social scientists with interests in comparative politics and political theory.

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