{"product_id":"chaos-criminology-and-social-justice-the-new-orderly-disorder-hardcover","title":"Chaos, Criminology, and Social Justice: The New Orderly (Dis)Order - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUnknown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDragan Milovanovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaos theory challenges the presumption that the cosmos is orderly, linear, and predictable--but it does not imply pure randomness and chance events. Rather, chaos-informed postmodernist analysis introduces a new vision by celebrating unexpected, surprise, ironic, contradictory, and emergent elements. Scholars in many disciplines are taking this perspective as an alternative to the entrenched structural functionalism and empiricism rooted in linear science. In the early 1990s studies began to emerge applying chaos theory to criminology, law, and social change. This book brings together some of the key thinkers in these areas. Part I situates chaos theory as a constitutive thread in contemporary critical thought in criminology and law. It seeks to provide the reader with a sensitivity to how chaos theory fits within the postmodern perspective and an understanding of its conceptual tools. Part II comprises chapters on applying the chaos perspective to critical criminology and law and, beyond, to peacemaking. Part III presents studies in chaos-informed perspectives on new social movement theory, social change, and the development of social justice. While the book emphasizes the usefulness of the conceptual tools of chaos theory in critical criminology and law, its ultimate goal goes beyond theory-building to provide vistas for understanding the contemporary social scene and for the development of the new just society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDRAGAN MILOVANOVIC is Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern Illinois University. He has authored, coauthored, or edited ten books, including \u003ci\u003eConstitutive Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003ePostmodern Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003ePostmodern Law and Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), as well as over one hundred other publications. He was editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eHumanity and Society\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e and is currently coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Human Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53387179294995,"sku":"9780275957070","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/N5L1DEEFYk9780275957070.webp?v=1769519576","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/chaos-criminology-and-social-justice-the-new-orderly-disorder-hardcover","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}