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9780761908906

Chaos, Complexity, and Sociology Myths, Models, and Theories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761908906

  • ISBN10:

    0761908900

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-06-12
  • Publisher: Sage Publications

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Summary

The authors of this volume provide a timely collection of articles which examine the emerging myths and theories surrounding the study of chaos and complexity. In the second part methodological matters are considered. Finally, conceptual models and applications are presented. This perceptive and thorough volume will be useful to sociologists and others interested in chaos and complexity theory.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chaos and Social Science
Preface
PART ONE: EMERGING NEW DIRECTIONS: MYTHS AND THEORIES - Bob Price
The Myth of Postmodern Science - Mary E Lee
From Enlightenment to Chaos
Toward Nonmodern Social Theory - Kevin Mihata
The Persistence of 'Emergence' - Kurt W Back
Chaos and Complexity
Necessary Myths - Thomas S Smith
Nonlinear Dynamics and the Micro-Macro Bridge - Euel Elliot and L Douglas Kiel
Nonlinear Dynamics, Complexity and Public Policy
Use, Misuse and Applicability - Helmut Michael Staubmann
Self-Organization of the Economy
A System-Theoretical Reconsideration of Georg Simmel's /f003Philosophy of Money - William Sims Bainbridge
The Omicron Point Sociological Application of the Anthropic Theory - Alvin M Saperstein
The Origins of Order and Disorder in Physical and Social Deterministic Systems
PART TWO: PRELIMINARY THINKING ABOUT METHODS - William F Stroup II
Webs of Chaos
Implications for Research Designs - R J Bird
Chaos and Social Reality
An Emergent Perspective - Ben Goertzel
Chaos and Pattern in Complex Systems
PART THREE: CONCEPTUAL MODELS AND APPLICATIONS - Lutz-Michael Alisch, Shahram Azizighanbari and Martin Bargfeldt
Dynamics of Children's Friendships - Sara Horsfall and Elizabeth Maret
Short-Term Changes in the Domestic Division of Labor
Intimations of Complexity - Thomas S Smith and Gregory T Stevens
Biological Foundations of Social Interaction
Explorations of Nonlinear Dynamics in Arousal-Modulation - Eve Passerini and David Bahr
Collective Behavior Following Disasters
A Cellular Automation Model - Kakthleen M Carley
Organizations and Constraint-Based Adaptation - Kevin Dooley et al
Chaotic Behavior in Society
Adolescent Childbearing in Texas 1964-1990 - Raymond A Eve
So Where Are We Now? A Final Word

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