The idea of an equilibrium model is increasingly challenged in both ecology and the social sciences. For a good article on this, see the following, available online:
*Scoones, Ian* (1999): New Ecology and the Social Sciences: What Prospects for a Fruitful Engagement? *Annual Review of Anthropology* 1999, Vol. 28, Page 479 - 507 http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.anthro.28.1.479 -- Patrick Linder MA Latin American Studies PhD Student, Cultural Anthropology University of California, Riverside
