Chaos Theory in Politics: a Reflection. The Drop of Honey Effect

EasyChair Preprint 7888

Abstract

Chaos theory results from natural scientists’ findings in the area of non-linear dynamics. The importance of related models has increased in the last decades, by studying the temporal evolution of non-linear systems. In consequence, chaos is one of the concepts that most rapidly have been expanded in what research topics respects. Considering that relationships in non-linear systems are unstable, chaos theory aims to understand and to explain this kind of unpredictable aspects of nature, social life, the uncertainties, the nonlinearities, the disorders and confusion, scientifically it represents a disarray connection, but basically it involves much more than that. The existing close relationship between change and time seems essential to understand what happens in the basics of chaos theory. In fact, this theory got a crucial role in the explanation of many phenomena. The relevance of this kind of theories has been well recognized to explain social phenomena and has permitted new advances in the study of social systems. Chaos theory has also been applied, particularly in the context of politics, in this area. The goal of this work is to make a reflection on chaos theory – and dynamical systems such as the theories of complexity – in terms of the interpretation of political issues, considering some kind of events in the political context and also considering the macro-strategic ideas of states positioning in the international stage.

Keyphrases: chaos theory, dynamical systems, politics, “butterfly effect”, “drop of honey effect”

@booklet{EasyChair:7888,
  author    = {Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira and José António Filipe and Manuel Coelho and Maria Isabel Pedro},
  title     = {Chaos Theory in Politics: a Reflection. The Drop of Honey Effect},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 7888},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}