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Social emergence : societies as complex systems

Title
Social emergence : societies as complex systems / R. Keith Sawyer.
Author
Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Book/textUse in library JFE 05-11020Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
ix, 276 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Social evolution
  • Social systems
  • Sociology
  • Communication > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index.
Contents
Emergence, complexity, and social science -- The third wave of social systems theory -- The history of emergence -- Emergence in psychology -- Emergence in sociology -- Durkheim's theory of social emergence -- Emergence and elisionism -- Simulating social emergence with artificial societies -- Communication and improvisation -- The emergence paradigm.
Call Number
JFE 05-11020
ISBN
  • 0521844649 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0521606373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005011488
  • 9780521844642 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780521606370 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC
59353163
Author
Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)
Title
Social emergence : societies as complex systems / R. Keith Sawyer.
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index.
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9780521844642 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780521606370 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research Call Number
JFE 05-11020
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