Society -- a complex adaptive system : essays in social theory
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Society -- a complex adaptive system : essays in social theory
(International studies in global change, v. 9)
Gordon and Breach Publishers, c1998
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 293-301
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1998. Society-A Complex Adaptive System aims to re-establish a firm scientific foundation for contemporary sociology, incorporating current extensions to a systems approach, such as complex adaptive systems and aspects of contemporary dynamic systems theory. The essays brought together to form this volume address general problem areas in basic theory and methodology. The work then develops to focus on the more empirically relevant core of social theory-socio-cultural regulation and control-with concern for adaptive structure changing and structure conserving aspects. In addition, the book is focused on dynamic processes rather than static structural or functional concepts.
Table of Contents
ONE Introduction I GENERAL THEORY TWO Toward a Fundamental Societal Theory THREE Basic Problems in Sociological Methodology FOUR The Nature and Evolution of Systems: An Overview FIVE On Sociocultural Evolution SIX A Systems Approach to the Study of Social Change SEVEN Society as a Complex Adaptive System EIGHT A Systems Approach to Epistemology NINE Mind, Mead, and Mental Behaviorism II SOCIAL CONTROL: POWER AND STRATIFICATION TEN Towards a Systems Methodology of Social Control Processes ELEVEN Meaning and Control in Social Systems TWELVE Social Control: Deviance, Power, and Authority THIRTEEN Social Stratification and Social Differentiation FOURTEEN Science, Policy, and Values -A Systems View
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