Sociocybernetic Paradoxes: Observation, Control And Evolution Of Self-steering Systems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803997361 ISBN 13: 9780803997363

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1986

Inhaltsangabe

In this stimulating work, thirteen distinguished scholars examine and aim to reconcile the paradox that social systems tend to steer themselves with the knowledge that they are, at the same time, subject to steering and control from outside. 'Sociocybernetics' is the term they have coined to describe the tools used in the analysis of this paradox; tools which have themselves evolved from and influenced cybernetics and general systems theory.

Sociocybernetic Paradoxes surveys both the possibilities and limitations of cybernetics in the analysis and treatment of social problems: Part One looks at concrete experiences of the steering of specific social systems; Part Two examines the planning, hierarchy and views of soci

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803997361
• ISBN 13: 9780803997363
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
• Herausgeber: Zouwen J. Van Der, Geyer Felix, Geyer R. Felix
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar