Acknowledgements
Introduction
Framing the issues
Understanding the complex
Restricted complexity and general complexity : an outline of the arguments
Complexity theory and the philosophy of social science
Complexity theory meets social theory
Evolutionary social theory
Structure and agency
Time and place
Complexity theory : methodology and methods
Complexity and methodology : exploring trajectories through narratives
Hunting causes in a complex world
Researching the complex social
Complexity in action
Complexity in disciplines and fields
Opening the social sciences : the post-disciplinary implications of the complexity frame of reference
Conclusion: complexity and the social sciences : the way forward
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Complexity theory and the social sciences : the state of the art by D. S. Byrne. ISBN 9780415693684. Published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.