The edge of organization: chaos and complexity theories of formal social systems
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1. Verfasser: Marion, Russ (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1999
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-342) and indexes
1 - The Edge of Organization - Einstein's Island - A Brief Overview of Chaos and Complexity - Implications -- - 2 - Chaos and Organization - The Blind Scientists - An Alternative Explanation of Complex Behavior: Chaos Theory -- - 3 - Organization at the Edge - Complexity and Chaos -- - 4 - Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos - God of the Gaps - Pervasive Problems: Order, Randomness, and Causality - The First of Newton's Legacies: Social Physics - Kant and Teleology - Darwin, Spencer, Social Darwinism - Structural Functionalism and Homeostasis - Nonlinear History -- - 5 - A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems - Holistic Systems - Systems and Environment: Interaction and Energy Transfer - Feedback - Living Social Systems - A Model of Complex Systems
Russ Marion discusses formal and social organizations from the perspectives of chaos and complexity theories. The book aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 357 p.)
ISBN:0761912657
0761912665
1452234051
1452263760
9780761912651
9780761912668
9781452234052
9781452263762

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