Unruly Complexity: Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement has now appeared from the University of Chicago Press.
From the cover blurb: How does science deal with situations that lack definite boundaries, where what goes on "outside" continually restructures what is "inside," and where diverse processes come together to produce change? In a model of interdisciplinary exploration, Peter J. Taylor makes issues about the unruliness of complexity accessible to a diverse range of readers through case studies that move from theoretical ecology and socio-environmental studies to history and sociology of science to environmental education. "Taylor is so bold as to directly challenge the accepted distinction between science, interpretation, and engagement that goes back to the very dawn of modern science...."-Lawrence Busch, Michigan State University "This critique and reconstruction of ways for analysts to engage differently with socio-environmental systems is the sophisticated and carefully wrought product of Taylor's unique trajectory through a set of experiences and case studies he has worked on and through for decades with rare perseverance and interdisciplinary rigor. This is (of necessity, perhaps) a complex and demanding book..."-Yaakov Garb, Brown University Please take a look and (of necessity, perhaps) spread the word. Thanks to ISHPSSBers for transdiscplinary support over the years, Peter P.S. from The Shameless Commerce Division (as they would say on Car Talk radio) Amazon has it at list price with free shipping if you specify "Super Saver Shipping" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226790363/amzna9-1-20/ref=nosim/002- 2760850-7537636?dev-t=D26XECQVNV6NDQ%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2. Overstock.com has it for less but charges some postage.