Sociocybernetic Paradoxes

Sociocybernetic Paradoxes
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Download or read book Sociocybernetic Paradoxes written by R. Felix Geyer and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1986-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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