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combine with one another andXourish (‘‘coupling,’’ for Kingdon) should they be lucky enough to pass through a ‘‘window of opport ...

Similarly, the subsidies ended by FAIR have made a return. But the newXexibility given to farmers over planting decisions has be ...

and trade and professional association oversight often co-evolve. They are partial functional substitutes for one another in mar ...

environmental issues 18 more than child abuse prevention). Learning is also selective. What is learned is smoothed so as not gre ...

4.5 Complex Systems Complex systems are hard to predict because they are hard to understand. The primary source of the complexit ...

according to certain strategies. He has relied on computer simulation to project the emergence of empires, cultures, cabinets, b ...

uncertainty’’ about what to model and how to model it. They propose four key elements of a high-quality LTPA: . Consider largeen ...

meaningful characterization would usually be ‘‘the point at which we choose to start graphing it.’’ How much of the world really ...

4.7 Qualities-based Sequencing So far we have been discussing what might be called the dynamics of quantities: the feedback loop ...

collaborative are moderately suspicious of one another. Thus, leadership will func- tion best if a prior base of trust can be es ...

5.1 Selective Retention and Filtering We discussed selective retention above, in the section on positive feedback, and oVered th ...

apply.) A special case of aWltering process is stranding, e.g. the progressive concen- tration of less motivated, and perhaps le ...

phenomena that ought to be studied through a ‘‘dynamics’’ lens are varied and do not congeal as oneWeld. Nor, with the important ...

conditioned on eligibility for another, so that reasonable cutbacks (or expansions) in the latter have unexpected and undesirabl ...

that they ‘‘evolve throughWve general phases identiWed as ( 1 ) awareness, ( 2 ) explor- ation, ( 3 ) expansion, ( 4 ) commitmen ...

So far as I am aware, neither this model nor any model aiming to accomplish the same objectives has found a place in the literat ...

Cooter,R.,andUlen,T. 1997 .Law and Economics, 2 nd edn. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley. Daneke,G.A. 1999 .Systemic Choices: Nonl ...

1999 .Nonlinear dynamics, complexity and public policy: introduction. InNon linear Dynamics, Complexity and Public Policy, ed. E ...

True, J. L., Jones, B. D., and Baumgartner,F.R. 1999. Punctuated equilibrium theory: explaining stability and change in American ...

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