Massively parallel globalization [electronic resource] : explorations in self-organization and world politics / David C. Earnest.

The gyre : rethinking systems in world politics -- Agents and networks : complex social systems and theories of world politics -- The advantage of size : why large groups solve coordination problems better than small ones -- Dividing the pie : how complex networks learn to solve distributive conflicts -- Cows grow trees, nets grow fish : how social networks manage the commons -- Too big to compromise : did ten banks block reform during the great recession? -- Nets of insecurity : trade networks, cascading failures and economic -- Conclusions : self-organization in world politics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index.
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