Research Catalog

Title

Chaos, complexity, and sociology : myths, models, and theories / Raymond A. Eve, Sara Horsfall, Mary E. Lee, editors.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.

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Additional Authors

• Eve, Raymond A., 1946-
• Horsfall, Sara.
• Lee, Mary E.

Description

xxxii, 328 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Social sciences > Philosophy
• Chaotic behavior in systems
• Complex organizations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-300) and indexes

Contents

Forward : chaos and social science / Frederick Turner -- The myth of postmodern science / Bob Price -- From enlightenment to chaos : toward nonmodern social theory / Mary E. Lee -- The persistence of "emergence" / Kevin Mihata -- Chaos and complexity : necessary myths / Kurt W. Back -- Nonlinear dynamics and the micro-macro bridge / Thomas S. Smith -- Nonlinear dynamics, complexity, and public policy : use, misuse, and applicability / Euel Elliott and L. Douglas Kiel -- Self-organization of the economy : a system-theoretical reconsideration of Georg Simmel's Philosophy of money / Helmut Michael Staubmann -- The omicron point : sociological application of the anthropic theory / William Sims Bainbridge -- The origins of order and disorder in physical and social deterministic systems / Alvin M. Saperstein -- Webs of chaos : implications for research designs / William F. Stroup, II -- Chaos and social reality : an emergent perspective / R.J. Bird -- Chaos and pattern in complex systems / Ben Goertzel -- Dynamics of children's friendships / Lutz-Michael Alisch, Sharam Azizighanbari, and Martin Bargfeldt -- Short-term changes in the domestic division of labor : intimations of complexity / Sara Horsfall and Elizabeth Maret -- Biological foundations of social interaction : computational explorations of nonlinear dynamics in arousal-modulation / Thomas S. Smith and Gregory T. Stevens -- Collective behavior following disasters : a cellular automation model / Eve Passerini and David Bahr -- Organizations and constraint-based adaptation / Kathleen M. Carley -- Chaotic behavior in society : adolescent childbearing in Texas, 1964-1990 / Kevin Dooley ... [et al.] -- Afterword : so where are we now? A final word / Raymond A. Eve.

Call Number

JFE 01-5615

ISBN

• 0761908897 (acid-free paper)
• 0761908900 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

97004611

OCLC

36327480

Title

Chaos, complexity, and sociology : myths, models, and theories / Raymond A. Eve, Sara Horsfall, Mary E. Lee, editors.

Imprint

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-300) and indexes

Added Author

Eve, Raymond A., 1946-

Horsfall, Sara.

Lee, Mary E.

Research Call Number

JFE 01-5615