Global Dynamics: Approaches from Complexity Science (Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science)

Author: Alan G. Wilson (Editor)

Edition: 1st

Language: English

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: May 9, 2016

ISBN-13: 978-1118937471

This book provides the analytical capability to understand and explore the dynamics of globalization. It is anchored in economic input-output models of over 200 countries and their relationships through trade, migration, security, and development aid. The tools of complexity science are brought to bear and mathematical and computer models are developed both for the elements and for an integrated whole. Models are developed at a variety of scales ranging from global international trade through a European model of inter-sub-regional migration to piracy in the Gulf and the London riots of 2011. The models embrace the changing technology of international shipping, the impacts of migration on economic development along with changing patterns of military expenditure and development aid. A unique contribution is the level of spatial disaggregation which presents each of 200+ countries and their mutual interdependencies—along with some finer scale analyses of cities and regions. This is the first global model which offers this depth of detail with fully work-out models, these provide tools for policy making at national, European, and global scales.

Global Dynamics: