Social emergence : societies as complex systems /
Sawyer, R. Keith(Robert Keith)
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index.
Emergence, complexity, and social science -- The third wave of social systems theory -- The history of emergence -- Emergence in psychology -- Emergence in sociology -- Durkheim's theory of social emergence -- Emergence and elisionism -- Simulating social emergence with artificial societies -- Communication and improvisation -- The emergence paradigm.
Social evolution.
Social systems.
Sociology.
Communication