{"product_id":"9781461375111","title":"Taking Complexity Seriously Policy Analysis, Triangulation and Sustainable Development","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTaking Complexity Seriously\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePolicy Analysis, Triangulation and Sustainable Development\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmery Roe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Environmental \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTaking Complexity Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e applies the advanced policy  analysis technique of triangulation to what is now the world's most  complex public policy challenge: sustainable development. \u003cbr\u003e  One central problem of public policy analysis has been to find new  ways of analyzing issues of increasing complexity and uncertainty.  Triangulation is perhaps the best example of these novel techniques,  as it uses various methods, databases, theories, and approaches to  converge on what to do about the complex issue in question. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eTaking Complexity Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e uses four different theoretical  approaches (Girardian economics, cultural theory, critical theory, and  the local justice framework) to triangulation in order to converge on  answers to four major policy questions: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is  sustainable development? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWhy is it an issue? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWhat needs to  be done? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWhat can actually be done?\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  These four approaches are used to analyze the sustainable development  controversy that recently arose in the pages of \u003cem\u003eScience\u003c\/em\u003e magazine  and the journal \u003cem\u003eEcological Applications\u003c\/em\u003e. These different  approaches prove highly potent in defamiliarizing conventional wisdom  about sustainable development. Ultimately the different approaches  will converge on novel answers to the four questions. The practical  implications of these conclusions are drawn out at the end of  \u003cem\u003eTaking Complexity\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeriously\u003c\/em\u003e in a detailed case study of  ecosystem management.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 October 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781461375111\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e138\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804821753996,"sku":"9781461375111","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461375111.jpg?v=1781783811","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461375111","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}