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Governing Complex Systems: Social Capital for the Anthropocene

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An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change. The onset of the Anthropocene, an era in which human actions have become major drivers of change on a planetary scale, has increased the complexity of socioecological systems. Complex systems pose novel challenges for governance because of their high levels of connectivity, nonlinear dynamics, directional patterns of change, and emergent properties. Meeting these challenges will require the development of new intellectual capital. In this book, Oran Young argues that to achieve sustainable outcomes in a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Earth System Governance
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533843
SKU
V9780262533843
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About Oran R. Young
Oran R. Young is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Institutional Dynamics: Emergent Patterns in International Environmental Governance (MIT Press) and other books.

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