Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Self-organization and society Self-organization and society Takatoshi Imada Self-organization is a generic term describing the capacity of a system to change its own structure by itself while interacting with the environment. In this sense, self-organization is not environme… OL12899444W
The Book of laws The Book of laws Harold Faber Crandall's Law maintains that ""All tour buses arrive at the same time""; apparently rule books do too. Coming close on the heels of Dickson's The Official Rules (p. 1162), this reminds us of the law… OL15854017W
Foundations of modernity Foundations of modernity Isa Blumı "Investigating how a number of modern empires transform over the long century (1789-1914) as a consequence of their struggle for ascendancy in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Foundations o… OL16173894W
Handbook of research on agent-based societies Handbook of research on agent-based societies Samuel Gerald Collins "This volume addresses a variety of issues, in particular the emergence of societal phenomena in the interactions of systems of agents (software, robot or human)"--Provided by publisher. OL18348546W
Human behavior and the social environment Human behavior and the social environment Orren Dale x, 441 pages : 24 cm OL18708903W
Meltdown Meltdown Chris Clearfield "Weaving together cutting-edge social science with riveting stories that take us from the frontlines of the Volkswagen scandal to backstage at the Oscars, and from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico to … OL19736758W
Decoding Complexity Decoding Complexity James B. Glattfelder Today it appears that we understand more about the universe than about our interconnected socio-economic world. In order to uncover organizational structures and novel features in these systems, we p… OL19840525W
The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory Kenneth C. Bausch In The Emerging Consensus of Social Systems Theory Bausch summarizes the works of over 30 major systemic theorists. He then goes on to show the converging areas of consensus among these out-standing … OL19846964W
Networks Networks M. E. J. Newman "The scientific study of networks, including computer networks, social networks, and biological networks, has received an enormous amount of interest in the last few years. The rise of the Internet a… OL19890304W
Systemic Intervention Systemic Intervention Gerald Midgley This book aims to rethink systemic intervention to enhance its relevance for supporting social change in the 21st Century. It offers a new systems philosophy and methodology, focusing upon the fundam… OL19905423W
Designing Our Way to a Better World Designing Our Way to a Better World Thomas Fisher "Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thrivi… OL20241478W
Introduction to systems theory Introduction to systems theory Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has bee… OL23226008W
Post-capitalist society Post-capitalist society Peter F. Drucker Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical effects it will… OL2721823W
The Paradigm Conspiracy The Paradigm Conspiracy Denise Breton The Paradigm Conspiracy refers to the methods by which "our Systems of Government, Church, School, and Culture Violate our Human Potential". The book asserts how a global crisis of addictions is the… OL2747820W
The broken clock The broken clock Leonard Swafford-Donald "This work briefly examines the social systems in this country and the effects they have on certain groups of marginalized people."--Page 4 of cover OL27733197W
Luhmann Explained Luhmann Explained Hans-Georg Moeller xii, 299 p. ; 23 cm OL5851999W
The culture of strangers The culture of strangers G. Eric Hansen "The Culture of Strangers challenges the conventional wisdom underlying the intense debates over multiculturalism and globalization. It asserts that modernity is the inescapable consequence of epocha… OL5956112W
Macrosociology Macrosociology Frank W. Elwell v, 475 p. ; 24 cm OL72909W