{"product_id":"unruly-complexity-peter-j-taylor-9780226790367","title":"Unruly Complexity: Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement","description":"Ambitiously identifying fresh issues in the study of complex systems, Peter J. Taylor, in a model of interdisciplinary exploration, makes these concerns accessible to scholars in the fields of ecology, environmental science, and science studies. \u003ci\u003eUnruly Complexity\u003c\/i\u003e explores concepts used to deal with complexity in three realms: ecology and socio-environmental change; the collective constitution of knowledge; and the interpretations of science as they influence subsequent research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor each realm Taylor shows that unruly complexity-situations that lack definite boundaries, where what goes on \"outside\" continually restructures what is \"inside,\" and where diverse processes come together to produce change-should not be suppressed by partitioning complexity into well-bounded systems that can be studied or managed from an outside vantage point. Using case studies from Australia, North America, and Africa, he encourages readers to be troubled by conventional boundaries-especially between science and the interpretation of science-and to reflect more self-consciously on the conceptual and practical choices researchers make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter J. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226790363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226790367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.69d","brand":"Peter J. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721408565503,"sku":"9780226790367","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f18d64f-bdef-4c7f-80f8-316de114e8ce.jpg?v=1742752782","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unruly-complexity-peter-j-taylor-9780226790367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}