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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Framing The Issues -- Understanding The Complex -- Restricted Complexity And General Complexity: An Outline Of The Arguments -- Complexity Theory And The Philosophy Of Social Science -- Complexity Theory Meets Social Theory -- Evolutionary Social Theory -- Structure And Agency -- Time And Place -- Complexity Theory: Methodology And Methods -- Complexity And Methodology: Exploring Trajectories Through Narratives -- Hunting Causes In A Complex World -- Researching The Complex Social -- Complexity In Action -- Complexity In Disciplines And Fields -- Opening The Social Sciences: The Post-disciplinary Implications Of The Complexity Frame Of Reference -- Conclusion: Complexity And The Social Sciences: The Way Forward -- Bibliography. David Byrne And Gill Callaghan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.