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Sociopolitical ecology : human systems and ecological fields /

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Sociopolitical Ecology introduces the concept of 'ecological field' to replace that of `ecosystem' and extends the boundaries of self-referential systems to a new, more complex level of analysis. Ecological field refers to an overarching system that contains many self-referential (or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bates, Frederick L. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, [1997]
Series:Contemporary systems thinking.
Subjects:
Social structure.
Social systems.
System theory.
Social ecology.
Human ecology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Design of a Cognitive System for Generating Structural Models of Social Behavior Systems and Ecological Fields
  • 2. Behavior as a Phenomenon
  • 3. Structure and Structural Analysis: As a Cognitive Strategy
  • 4. Systems and Systems Theory
  • 5. Self-Referential Behavior Systems
  • 6. Self-Referential Social Systems
  • 7. Ecological Fields
  • 8. Social Systems in the Context of Ecological Fields
  • 9. A Language for Constructing Structural Models of Social Networks within and among Self-Referential Systems
  • 10. Individual Actors and Social Systems
  • 11. An Overview of Sociopolitical Ecology
  • 12. Epilogue.