The journal articles written by Jones (2003) and Cairney (2012) seem very different at face value, but we can see the same point of view in both. Jones analyses specific challenges to rationality that appeared in the 1950s, addressing the nature of homo economicus, and the bounds that exist on human action, using topics such as behavioral choice, cognitive psychology, and organizational theory. Cairney links the subject of complexity theory, a paradigm that has become common in scientific discourse on public policy, demonstrating the inappropriateness of many forms of top-down control. The link between their research ... (full story)