The World as a Total System

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The World as a Total System

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 224 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780803924437
  • DDC分類 909

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A sequel to Boulding's Ecodynamics (SAGE 1978), this new book looks at the extent to which the earth is a total system of interacting parts and the degree to which it is a pattern of isolated systems which have little or no impact on one another. Descriptions of systems are based as much as possible on their relevance to the real world. Boulding's methodology depends on the nature of the particular system being investigated and he does not attempt to to impose methodologies from systems where parameters do not change (celestial mechanics) on those where they do (biological and social sciences).

Contents

What Systems Can We Perceive in the World?The World as a Physical SystemThe World as a Biological SystemThe World as a Social SystemThe World as an Economic SystemThe World as a Political SystemThe World as a Communication SystemThe World as an Evaluative System