Chaos theory and its application in political science

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, 2011

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2012

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 1997

A brief assessment is given of the major accomplishments made through the mathematics of chaos to the understanding of socio-spatial dynamics to date. Certain shortfalls are also presented, mostly associated with model testing and falsifiability which transcend socio-spatial dynamics. Beyond such shortcomings, lie an array of challenges for chaotic dynamics involving specifically socio-spatial form and policy. A few directions on meeting these challenges are suggested including the case of limited chaos.

Strategic management journal, 1994

Available at SSRN, 2012

Network approach for policy-making emphasizes on dependence of government, organizations, groups and people who are in policy-making domain. This essay wants to explain the concept of networks and policy networks and analyzes the effect of chaos theory and its complexity and role in policy networks, too. The chaos theory learns us; organizations which are in border of order and chaos, are more successful. Organizations will be destroyed when they have a lot of order and don't have any flexibility. Organizations which are in the border of order and chaos can increase their flexibility by making changes in work's methods and using of different work's shapes and this flexibility lets them for compatibility with environmental changes. Finally, this essay will consider three kinds of future orientations in policy networks which consist of; rational choice, analysis of network and case study.

Salient features of chaos theory are described and developed for use in understanding a wide range of social phenomena. Social power is construed as actions upon actions. This view of social power provides a bridge for connecting well-established features of chaos with many kinds of human actions and relationships. Chaos is treated not as a metaphor but as a distinct type of order in the universe. Limitations of chaos theory as a mathematical approach for description and prediction of social science data are presented. These limitations further foreground the usefulness of developing chaos theory into a conceptual rather than a mathematical approach to social science issues. This development leads to a more general horizon of issues concerning theory and social reality.

Advances in Public Policy and Administration, 2014

Foreword "The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold" is a saying by Aristotle. The equivalent in today's world may well be that 'a butterfly's wings in Argentina may cause a tornado in Mexico'. Ever since humans started questioning the system they belong to, the conclusion has always been that everything has an initial reason which affects the future but does not always make it predictable. In this sense, chaos theory makes sense of a term which is not only a mathematical phenomenon but also a key word that has just started being applied to the social sciences. The potential it carries in making us understand the world of social sciences is immense. Though 'chaos' and 'complexity' have been mentioned for centuries and in different guises, they have never been as popular as in the 21st century, the age of information, technology, communication, speed, networks, conflicts, digital born and so on. The Millennium Age has seen an explosion of human capacity in terms of the sheer velocity through which we are now able to instantly reach information that was previously inaccessible but to the most savvy or technologically gifted. As a natural consequence, habits, lifestyles, beliefs and even traditions are being redefined the world over. Beginning with the first ever televised war in history, the first Gulf War, human tragedy, pain or joy can now reverberate across the world in an instant, often causing emergency world summits, humanitarian campaigns and even military interventions in the name of protecting fellow human beings. It is a long road travelled from the stability of terror that characterized the Cold War, and it has brought with it new opportunities to alleviate human suffering as well as new challenges and questions regarding the power of the mighty and its abuse in the name of high ideals. Change has therefore been introduced in a frantic pace, and the recent uprisings in the Middle East are a perfect example. When Muhammed Buazizi, a 24-year-old protester, burnt himself in Tunisia in 2010, he lit a fire in the brains of people in Arabic countries. Following that tragic incident, people, particularly the young, revolted against totalitarian governance, poor human rights, economic problems, and massive social inequity. Many of them demanded a say in the running of their countries, to be listened to and respected. Regardless of the eventual outcome of such revolts, diverse in nature and with unpredictable consequences, the recent past has shown that this was by no means an isolated phenomenon. The world over, not least in Europe and its periphery, masses of people have taken to the streets to voice their dissatisfaction with modern governance, even in those countries where parliamentary democracy and the rule of law seem well-entrenched. Often such protests have escalated into violent standoffs with state authorities, and old-style political machinations have achieved little in questing the thirst of people, and especially the young generation, for liberty, pluralism and an end to the scar of poverty and social exclusion that plagues so many of our contemporary societies. It was as if one could hear Aristotle whisper his phrase, seeking to remind us of the interconnected world in which we live.

Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences, 2016

Cuestiones Políticas

The objective of the article was to reveal the international imbalances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through the coordinates of chaos theory. Methodologically it is a critical essay based on documentary observation. To understand the current state of world politics and the balance of power in international relations, it is appropriate to use chaos theory. At the beginning of the article, the origins of chaos theory are an interdisciplinary study, and its basic concepts are introduced. The value of using chaos theory and its great potential for analysis and applications in the study of international relations is shown in the example of the 2019-2020 events in Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China (PRC). associated with the onset of a COVID-19 viral infection that has spread around the world. At the end of the article, conclusions are drawn and the strengths and weaknesses of the use of chaos theory in dialectical relation to international rel...