Complexity and Relevance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12869872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William E Connolly (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 210-219 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1680-4333 • E-ISSN: 1682-0983 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1057/eps.2010.53 |
| OpenAlex | W2019359712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
If you examine the changing contexts in which the issue of ‘relevance’ has been posed in the profession, it becomes clear how earlier calls for relevance need to be reconfigured today. After reviewing arguments that show how explanatory/normative activity is intercoded, this essay explores how the accelerated pace of life, new densities of interdependence and a growing fragility of things supports the case for forging alliances between political science and recent developments in complexity theory in a number of allied fields
Comparative politics · Economics · Epistemology · Fragility · Normative · Pace · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Science Research and Education
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |