E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
La Porte Organized Social Complexity
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6996-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Challenge to Politics and Policy
E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6996-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
One striking feature of modern political and social development has been the construction of social systems encompassing more and more groups. The increase in social complexity, the authors of this volume contend, has reached a point where accepted concepts fail to describe social and political phenomena adequately.
The studies in this book reevaluate traditional assumptions. Part One defines organized social complexity and discusses the effects of technological change. Part Two assesses national planning and systems analysis, approaches supposed to provide direct control over social matters. Part Three describes methodological aspects and research applications, and Part Four provides retrospective and prospective views of theories on social complexity.
Originally published in 1975.
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Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
List of Figures and Tables, pg. xi
Preface, pg. xiii
Chapter I. Organized Social Complexity: Explication of a Concept, pg. 3
Chapter II. Complexity and the Limits of Human Understanding, pg. 40
Chapter III. Organizational Complexity in the New Industrial State: The Role of Technology, pg. 77
Chapter IV. Complexity, Planning, and Public Order, pg. 119
Chapter V. The Use of Systems Constructs in Simplifying Organized Social Complexity, pg. 151
Chapter VI. Analysis of Complex Systems: An Experiment and Its Implications For Policy Making, pg. 175
Chapter VII. On Studying the Future Behavior of Complex Systems, pg. 220
Chapter IX. Complexity as a Theoretical Problem: Wider Perspectives in Political Theory, pg. 281
Chapter X. Complexity and Uncertainty: Challenge to Action, pg. 332
Bibliography, pg. 357
Index, pg. 371
