Clumsy solutions for a complex world: governance, politics and plural perceptions

'Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World' is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail, and how effective, efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found. MARCO VERWEIJ is Professor of Political Science at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. He is the author of Clumsy 'Solutions for a Wicked World: How to Improve Global Governance' (2011). Empirically, his aim is to understand howpressing public issues can be resolved through the combined forces of (inter-)governmental action, entrepreneurship and technological innovation, and civilsociety engagement. Theoretically, he attempts to explore the possible synergies between social and political theory, social neuroscience, the study of animal social life, and the analysis of human complex systems. MICHAEL THOMPSON is a Social Anthropologist. His early work was on the processes by which something second-hand becomes an antique, or a rat-infested slum part of Our Glorious Heritage, 'Rubbish Theory' (1979). His current interest is in the democratization of decision processes in areas (such as technological choice and Himalayan environment and development) that have tended to be treated as merely technical. INDICE: List of Figures and Tables - New Preface to the Paperback Edition - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - The Case for Clumsiness; 'M.Verweij, M.Douglas, R.J.Ellis, C.Engel, F.Hendriks, S.Lohmann, S.Ney, S.Rayner' & 'M.Thompson' - PART I: ELEGANT FAILURES - Is the Kyoto Protocol Merely Irrelevant, or Positively Harmful, for the Efforts to Curb Climate Change?; 'M.Verweij' - Hype and Hydro (and, at Last, Some Hope) in the Himalaya; 'D.Gyawali ' - Segregation through Anti-Discrimination: How the Netherlands Got Divided Again; 'M.Bovens' & 'M.Trappenburg' - What Russia can Learn from China in its Transition to a Market Economy; 'M.D.Intriligator' & 'J.R.Wedel' & 'C.H.Lee' - The Failure of Seat Belts Legislation; 'J.Adams' - PART II: CLUMSY SOLUTIONS - Gunfight at the Consequentialist Corral: The Deadlock in the United States over Firearms Control and How to Break It; 'D.M.Kahan', 'D.Braman' & 'J.Gastil ' - Floods and Fairness in Hungary; 'J.Linnerooth-Bayer', 'A.Vári' & 'M.Thompson' -Inclusive by Design: The Curious Case of the Internet; 'T.Tranvik' & 'M.Thompson' - You Never Miss the Water till the Well Runs Dry: Crisis and Creativity in California; 'D.Lach', 'H.Ingram' & 'S.Rayner' - Clumsy Conclusions: How to do Policy and Research in a Complex World; 'M.Verweij', 'M.Thompson' & 'C.Engel' - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-31951-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés