Sociology and Modern Systems Theory
Author: Walter Frederick Buckley
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Walter Frederick Buckley
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Society of Chemical Industry (United Kingdom)
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Published: 1967
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Stetter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-04-04
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1134116179
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →By bringing into dialogue modern systems theory and international relations, this text provides theoretically innovative and empirically rich perspectives on conflicts in world society. This collection contrasts Niklas Luhmann’s theory of world society in modern systems theory with more classical approaches to the study of conflicts, offering a fresh perspective on territorial conflicts in international relations. It includes chapters on key issues such as: conflicts and human rights conflicts in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa war and violence Greek-Turkish relations conflict theory the role of states in world societal conflicts legal territorial disputes in Australia hegemony and conflict in global law conflict management after 9/11. While all contributions draw from the theory of world society in modern systems theory, the authors offer rich multi-disciplinary perspectives which bring in concepts from international relations, peace and conflict studies, sociology, law and philosophy. Territorial Conflicts in World Society will appeal to international relations specialists, peace and conflict researchers and sociologists.
Author: Niklas Luhmann
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2012-12-10
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780745645728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 D. Bailey
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1994-01-11
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 0791495620
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Walter Frederick Buckley
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Werner Schirmer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0429663986
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: K. McClelland
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-09-23
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1137108096
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.