Cybernetics and Social Science: Theories and Research in Sociocybernetics
Felix Geyer
(SISWO (Netherlands Universities' Institute for Co‐ordination of Research in Social Sciences), Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Johannes van der Zouwen
(Department of Social Research Methodology, Vrije Universiteit,Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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Abstract
In studying the relationship between Cybernetics and Social Science, theories and research in Sociocyber‐netics are examined. The focus is on researchers who apply Cybernetics to the study of society and its social systems and processes. References are backed by a new 300‐item bibliography of the relevant system literature, compiled for the article.
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Citation
Geyer, F. and van der Zouwen, J. (1991), "Cybernetics and Social Science: Theories and Research in Sociocybernetics", Kybernetes, Vol. 20 No. 6, pp. 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005906
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1991, MCB UP Limited