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Book Description
In an effort to shed light on recent developments in sociocybernetic research, this volume represents recent and advanced thinking in this rapidly developing field. The authors address the core problems in social science caused by increasing societal complexity and analyze the inadequacy of many of the methodological tools still used for grappling with nonlinear, self-organizing systems. Together, the 18 contributors propose elements of a new methodology based on sociocybernetic principles aimed at describing and explaining the growth of societal complexity, the contribution of "autopoiesis" of societal subunits to more societal complexity, and the new simulation-based methodology needed to observe complex social systems. This unique volume contributes to a greater understanding of sociocybernetics and its uses as a method for researching modern problems of increasing complexity and interdependence.
About the Author
FELIX GEYER headed the methodology section of SISWO,(Institute for the Social Sciences), and has been retired since 1998. JOHANNES VAN DER ZOUWEN is a professor in the Social Research Methodology department at Free University, The Netherlands.
Sociocybernetics : Complexity, Autopoiesis, and Observation of Social Systems (Contributions in Sociology),Felix Geyer,Johannes van der Zouwen,Greenwood Press,0313314187,Autopoiesis,Cybernetics,Organizational Behavior,Social Organization,Social Science,Social aspects,Social systems,Sociology,Sociology - General,Social Science / Sociology / General,Social research & statistics
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