INTRODUCTION

From: Regional Outlook | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Karl Popper's famous metaphors of "clouds" and "clocks" are often invoked to describe the nature of the social world, and the degree to which it lends itself to that much-celebrated goal of prediction. While some conceive the social world as clouds, implying contingency and unpredictability, others have attributed to it the properties of a clock, indicating the possibility of absolute regularity and predictability. Even though predicting for the social world has been a problematic exercise, it has nevertheless been possible to tease out trends, identify emerging phenomena, and make qualified ...

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