Comprehending the complexity of countries : the way ahead / Hans Kuijper.
2022
G74 .K85 2022
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Title
Comprehending the complexity of countries : the way ahead / Hans Kuijper.
Author
Kuijper, Hans, author.
ISBN
9789811647093 (electronic bk.)
9811647097 (electronic bk.)
9789811647109
9811647100
9789811647116
9811647119
9789811647086
9811647089
9811647097 (electronic bk.)
9789811647109
9811647100
9789811647116
9811647119
9789811647086
9811647089
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-16-4709-3 doi
Call Number
G74 .K85 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
910.72
Summary
This book argues for computer-aided collaborative country research based on the science of complex and dynamic systems. It provides an in-depth discussion of systems and computer science, concluding that proper understanding of a country is only possible if a genuinely interdisciplinary and truly international approach is taken; one that is based on complexity science and supported by computer science. Country studies should be carefully designed and collaboratively carried out, and a new generation of country students should pay more attention to the fast growing potential of digitized and electronically connected libraries. In this frenzied age of globalization, foreign policy makers may -- to the benefit of a better world -- profit from the radically new country studies pleaded for in the book. Its author emphasizes that reductionism and holism are not antagonistic but complementary, arguing that parts are always parts of a whole and a whole has always parts.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The enduring confusion
2 Theories and models
3 The concept of country
4 Cities and countries
5 Scientific feasibility of collaborative country studies
6 Countries consist of both spontaneous and man-made systems
7 Technical feasibility of collaborative country studies
8 Implications of higher education: Connect the dots!
9 Reductionism or Holism?
10 General Conclusions
Summary and Suggestion.
1 The enduring confusion
2 Theories and models
3 The concept of country
4 Cities and countries
5 Scientific feasibility of collaborative country studies
6 Countries consist of both spontaneous and man-made systems
7 Technical feasibility of collaborative country studies
8 Implications of higher education: Connect the dots!
9 Reductionism or Holism?
10 General Conclusions
Summary and Suggestion.