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Complex Systems Theories and Eclectic Approach in Analysing and Theorising the Contemporary International Security Complex

Complex Systems Theories and Eclectic Approach in Analysing and Theorising the Contemporary International Security Complex

Luis Tomé
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522501480|ISBN10: 1522501487|EISBN13: 9781522501497
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch002
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Tomé, Luis. "Complex Systems Theories and Eclectic Approach in Analysing and Theorising the Contemporary International Security Complex." Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences, edited by Şefika Şule Erçetin and Hüseyin Bağcı, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 19-32. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch002

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Tomé, L. (2016). Complex Systems Theories and Eclectic Approach in Analysing and Theorising the Contemporary International Security Complex. In Ş. Erçetin & H. Bağcı (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences (pp. 19-32). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch002

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Tomé, Luis. "Complex Systems Theories and Eclectic Approach in Analysing and Theorising the Contemporary International Security Complex." In Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences, edited by Şefika Şule Erçetin and Hüseyin Bağcı, 19-32. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter has a dual purpose: first, it is intended to demonstrate the need and usefulness of Complex systems theories and, in this context, what we call an “Eclectic Approach” for analysing and theorising about International Relations and security; second, it aims to characterise the contemporary international security system. We also develop two basic arguments: that the reality is too complex, heterogeneous and varied to fit into theories that purport to interpret exclusively in the light of its previous cognitive structures; and that the contemporary international security system is a complex of international security systems – competitive, cooperative, collective, and security communities.

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