Why utilize complexity principles in social inquiry?

World Futures: Journal of General Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 156-175

  Kuhn, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity paradigm; human experiential space; social inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349170118     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604020601172525     Document Type: Review

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