Conflicts of Socio-economic Systems as Their Bifurcation Points: Theory and Methodology of the Systemic Approach

Abstract

Originality/value

Studying conflict with the help of the theory and methodology of the systemic approach allowed determining the fact that conflict is a violation of order in a socio-economic system (which specifies definition of conflict and its essence) and could be evaluated through the measure of the system’s order (which specifies methodology of conflict evaluation). Moreover, conflict in a socio-economic system emerges not at once – it is accumulated under joint negative influences of internal and external factors. Further, the performed research allows specifying the classification of conflicts, which is offered in previous chapters – according to scenarios of development of socio-economic system after the conflict, normal (leading to normal change of system), abrupt (leading to abrupt change of the system), and attraction (all following states of the system are sustainable) conflicts are possible.

Citation

Kurilova, A.A., Kurilov, K.Y., Popova, S.A. and Nemkina, E.A. (2019), "Conflicts of Socio-economic Systems as Their Bifurcation Points: Theory and Methodology of the Systemic Approach", Popkova, E.G. (Ed.) “Conflict-Free” Socio-Economic Systems, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-993-920191005