A New Taxonomy for International Relations: Rethinking the International System as a Complex Adaptive System

Scartozzi, Cesare M. (2018): A New Taxonomy for International Relations: Rethinking the International System as a Complex Adaptive System. Published in: Journal on Policy and Complex Systems , Vol. 4, No. 1 (2018): pp. 109-133.

Abstract

Abstract: The international system is a complex adaptive system with emergent properties and dynamics of self-organization and information processing. As such, it is better understood with a multidisciplinary approach that borrows methodologies from the field of complexity science and integrates them to the theoretical perspectives offered by the field of international relations (IR). This study is set to formalize a complex systems theory approach to the study of international affairs and introduce a new taxonomy for IR with the two-pronged aim of improving interoperability between different epistemological communities and outlining a formal grammar that set the basis for modeling international politics as a complex adaptive system.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: international politics; international relations theory; complex systems theory; taxonomy; adaptation; fitness; self-organization
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N4 - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation > N40 - General, International, or Comparative; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y8 - Related Disciplines > Y80 - Related Disciplines

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