The Complexities of the Global Export

@article{citeulike:2016000, abstract = {Complexity theory' seems to provide some metaphors, concepts and theories essential for examining the intractable disorderliness of the contemporary world. Relations across that world are complex, rich and non-linear, involving multiple negative and, more significantly, positive feedback loops. This article shows how globalization should be conceptualized as a series of adapting and co-evolving global systems, each characterized by unpredictability, irreversibility and co-evolution. Such systems lack finalized equilibrium' or order'; and the many pools of order heighten overall disorder. They do not exhibit and sustain unchanging structural stability. Complexity elaborates how there is order and disorder within these various global systems. The global order is a complex world, unpredictable and irreversible, disorderly but not anarchic. 10.1177/0263276405057201}, author = {Urry, John}, citeulike-article-id = {2016000}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276405057201}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://tcs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/235}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0263276405057201}, journal = {Theory Culture Society}, keywords = {complexity, globalization}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {235--254}, posted-at = {2008-07-10 20:47:25}, priority = {2}, title = {The Complexities of the Global}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276405057201}, volume = {22}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2016000 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2016000 N2 - Complexity theory' seems to provide some metaphors, concepts and theories essential for examining the intractable disorderliness of the contemporary world. Relations across that world are complex, rich and non-linear, involving multiple negative and, more significantly, positive feedback loops. This article shows how globalization should be conceptualized as a series of adapting and co-evolving global systems, each characterized by unpredictability, irreversibility and co-evolution. Such systems lack finalized equilibrium' or order'; and the many pools of order heighten overall disorder. They do not exhibit and sustain unchanging structural stability. Complexity elaborates how there is order and disorder within these various global systems. The global order is a complex world, unpredictable and irreversible, disorderly but not anarchic. 10.1177/0263276405057201 IS - 5 JF - Theory Culture Society EP - 254 TI - The Complexities of the Global VL - 22 SP - 235 KW - complexity KW - globalization AU - Urry, John PY - 2005/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276405057201 ER -