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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
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Author(s): Luis Tomé (University Autónoma of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 14
Source title: Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Şefika Şule Erçetin (Hacettepe University, Turkey)and Hüseyin Bağcı (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
DOI: 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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