Social emergence : societies as complex systems
by
 
Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Title
Social emergence : societies as complex systems

Author
Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

ISBN
9780521606370
 
9780521844642

Personal Author
Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Publication Information
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical Description
ix, 276 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
1. Emergence, complexity, and social science -- 2. The third wave of social systems theory -- 3. The history of emergence -- 4. Emergence in psychology -- 5. Emergence in sociology -- 6. Durkheim's theory of social emergence -- 7. Emergence and elisionism -- 8. Simulating social emergence with artificial societies -- 9. Communication and improvisation -- 10. The emergence paradigm.

Subject Term
Social evolution.
 
Social systems.
 
Sociology.
 
Communication -- Social aspects.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011488.html