Sociology And The New Systems Theory

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791495629

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Sociology and the New Systems Theory by Kenneth D. Bailey Pdf

This book provides current information about the many recent contributions of social systems theory. While some sociologists feel that the systems age ended with functionalism, in reality a number of recent developments have occurred within the field. The author makes these developments accessible to sociologists and other non-systems scholars, and begins a synthesis of the burgeoning systems field and mainstream sociological theory. The analysis shows not only that important points of rapprochement exist between systems theory and sociological theory, but also that systems theory has in some cases anticipated developments needed in mainstream theory.

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791417433

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Sociology and the New Systems Theory by Kenneth D. Bailey Pdf

After providing a review of classical theory, this book carefully sketches the chief contributions of living systems theory, social entropy theory, autopoiesis, and other approaches. It shows that these approaches are without flaws of earlier functionalism, yet they retain the breadth and integrative potential needed by mainstream theorists concerned about the threat of hyperspecialization and fragmentation within sociology.

Author : K. McClelland,T. Fararo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137108098

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Purpose, Meaning, and Action by K. McClelland,T. Fararo Pdf

Control Systems Theory, a newly developing theoretical perspective, starts from an important insight into human behaviour: that people attempt to control the world around them as they perceive it. This book brings together for the first time the work of prominent sociologists contributing to the development of this wideranging theoretical paradigm.

Author : Walter Frederick Buckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Sociology
ISBN : UCAL:B3987928

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Sociology and Modern Systems Theory by Walter Frederick Buckley Pdf

Author : Niklas Luhmann
Publisher : Polity
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745645720

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Introduction to Systems Theory by Niklas Luhmann Pdf

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 been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines. In Introduction to Systems Theory, Luhmann explains the key ideas of general and sociological systems theory and supplies a wealth of examples to illustrate his approach. The book offers a wide range of concepts and theorems that can be applied to politics and the economy, religion and science, art and education, organization and the family. Moreover, Luhmann’s ideas address important contemporary issues in such diverse fields as cognitive science, ecology, and the study of social movements. This book provides all the necessary resources for readers to work through the foundations of systems theory – no other work by Luhmann is as clear and accessible as this. There is also much here that will be of great interest to more advanced scholars and practitioners in sociology and the social sciences.

Author : Kenneth C. Bausch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461512639

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The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory by Kenneth C. Bausch Pdf

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 thinkers. Bausch categorizes the social aspects of current systemic thinking as falling into five broadly thematic areas: designing social systems, the structure of the social world, communication, cognition and epistemology. These five areas are foundational for a theoretic and practical systemic synthesis. They were topics of contention in a historic debate between Habermas and Luhmann in the early 1970's. They continue to be contentious topics within the study of social philosophy. Since the 1970's, systemic thinking has taken great strides in the areas of mathematics, physics, biology, psychology, and sociology. This book presents a spectrum of those theoretical advances. It synthesizes what various strains of contemporary systems science have to say about social processes and assesses the quality of the resulting integrated explanations. Bausch gives a detailed study of the works of many present-day systems theorists, both in general terms, and with regard to social processes. He then creates and validates integrated representations of their thoughts with respect to his own thematic classifications. He provides a background of systemic thinking from an historical context, as well as detailed studies of developments in sociological, cognitive and evolutionary theory. This book presents a coherent, dynamic model of a self-organizing world. It proposes a creative and ethical method of decision-making and design. It makes explicit the relations between structure and process in the realms of knowledge and being. The new methodology that evolves in this book allows us to deal with enormous complexity, and to relate ideas so as to draw out previously unsuspected conclusions and syntheses. Therein lies the elegance and utility of this model.

Author : Jürgen Klüver
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792364430

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The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems by Jürgen Klüver Pdf

The central topic of this book is the mathematical analysis of social systems, understood in the following rather classical way: social systems consist of social actors who interact according to specific rules of interactions; the dynamics of social systems is then the consequences of these interactions, viz., the self-organization of social systems. According to particular demands of their environment, social systems are able to behave in an adaptive manner, that is they can change their rules of interaction by certain meta rules and thus generate a meta dynamics. It is possible to model and analyse mathematically both dynamics and meta dynamics, using cellular automata and genetic algorithms. These tools allow social systems theory to be carried through as precisely as the theories of natural systems, a feat that has not previously been possible. Readership: Researchers and graduate students in the fields of theoretical sociology and social and general systems theory and other interested scientists. No specialised knowledge of mathematics and/or computer science is required.

Author : Walter Buckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1151250537

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Sociology and Modern Systems Theory by Walter Buckley Pdf

Author : Werner Schirmer,Dimitris Michailakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429663987

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Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions by Werner Schirmer,Dimitris Michailakis Pdf

Social systems occur in many contexts of social work. This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to systems thinking for social workers who will encounter social problems in their professional practice or academic research. It offers new insights and fresh perspectives on this familiar topic and invites creative, critical, and empathetic thinking with a systems perspective. Through introducing systems theory as a problem-oriented approach for dealing with complex interpersonal relations and social systems, this book provides a framework for studying social relations. The authors present a strand of systems theory (inspired by sociologist Niklas Luhmann) that offers innovative, surprising, and practically relevant understandings of everyday social life, inclusion/exclusion, social problems, interventions, and society in general. Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions should be considered essential reading for all social work students taking modules on sociology and social policy as well as students of nursing, medicine, counselling, and occupational health and therapy.

Author : Darrell Arnold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135013691

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Traditions of Systems Theory by Darrell Arnold Pdf

The term ‘systems theory’ is used to characterize a set of disparate yet related approaches to fields as varied as information theory, cybernetics, biology, sociology, history, literature, and philosophy. What unites each of these traditions of systems theory is a shared focus on general features of systems and their fundamental importance for diverse areas of life. Yet there are considerable differences among these traditions, and each tradition has developed its own methodologies, journals, and forms of anaylsis. This book explores this terrain and provides an overview of and guide to the traditions of systems theory in their considerable variety. The book draws attention to the traditions of systems theory in their historical development, especially as related to the humanities and social sciences, and shows how from these traditions various contemporary developments have ensued. It provides a guide for strains of thought that are key to understanding 20th century intellectual life in many areas.

Author : Walter Frederick Buckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Sociology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002505860

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Sociology and Modern Systems Theory by Walter Frederick Buckley Pdf

Author : Niklas Luhmann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804726256

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Social Systems by Niklas Luhmann Pdf

Germany's most prominent social thinker here sets out a contribution to sociology that aims to rework our understanding of meaning and communication. He links social theory to recent theoretical developments in scientific disciplines.

Author : Paul Filmer
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262560143

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New Directions in Sociological Theory by Paul Filmer Pdf

Phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodolgy are two new and significant developments in modern sociological theory. Traditional sociology takes for granted that the social world has an objective existence; it does not query the commonsense assumptions that are grounded in experience. Ethnomethodological studies, on the other hand, seek to treat practical activities, practical circumstances, and practical sociological reasoning as topics of empirical study. By paying to the most commonplace activities of daily life the attention usually accorded extraordinary events, it seeks to learn about them as phenomena in their own right.New Directions in Sociological Theory is the result of a course of lectures given by the authors at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Part I is an analysis of traditional sociology, including such topics as "Sociology and the Social World," "Varieties of Positivism," "Functionalism and Systems Theory," and "Theory, Methodology, and Conceptualization," Part II discusses phenomenological alternatives, including "Phenomenological Philosophy and Sociology," "Some Neglected Questions about Social Reality," "Methodology and Meaning," and "On Harold Garfinkel's Ethnomethodology," a study of one of the most important ethnomethodologists of today.

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791400565

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Social Entropy Theory by Kenneth D. Bailey Pdf

Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.

Author : Jean-Sébastien Guy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030189839

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Theory Beyond Structure and Agency by Jean-Sébastien Guy Pdf

This book offers a solution for the problem of structure and agency in sociological theory by developing a new pair of fundamental concepts: metric and nonmetric. Nonmetric forms, arising in a crowd made out of innumerable individuals, correspond to social groups that divide the many individuals in the crowd into insiders and outsiders. Metric forms correspond to congested zones like traffic jams on a highway: individuals are constantly entering and leaving these zones so that they continue to exist, even though the individuals passing through them change. Building from these concepts, we can understand “agency” as a requirement for group identity and group membership, thus associating it with nonmetric forms, and “structure” as a building-up effect following the accumulation of metric forms. This reveals the contradiction between structure and agency to be a case of forced perspective, leaving us victim to an optical illusion.