Organized Social Complexity

Challenge to Politics and Policy

Todd R. La Porte (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

390 Seiten

2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-64480-6 (ISBN)

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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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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

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	879 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-691-64480-2 / 0691644802
ISBN-13	978-0-691-64480-6 / 9780691644806
Zustand	Neuware