Using Complexity Theory for Research and Program Evaluation

by Michael Wolf-Branigin

Book Overview

Complexity as a paradigm has been underutilized by social work, but this cutting-edge pocket guide makes a convincing argument for its use. Every agency worker has been faced with a deluge of records, making it difficult to grasp onto structures and trends undergirding behavior. Complexity theory studies the interactions of competitive and cooperative tendencies of agents such as individuals, families, groups, or communities, making the case that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199829462
• ISBN13: 9780199829460
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"