Foreword / Frederick Turner |
Chaos and Social Science |
Preface |
Emerging New Directions: Myths And Theories / Part 1: |
The Myth of Postmodern Science / Bob Price |
From Enlightenment to Chaos / Mary E Lee |
Toward Nonmodern Social Theory |
The Persistence of 'Emergence' / Kevin Mihata |
Chaos and Complexity / Kurt W Back |
Necessary Myths |
Nonlinear Dynamics and the Micro-Macro Bridge / Thomas S Smith |
Nonlinear Dynamics, Complexity and Public Policy / Euel Elliot ; L Douglas Kiel |
Use, Misuse and Applicability |
Self-Organization of the Economy / Helmut Michael Staubmann |
A System-Theoretical Reconsideration of Georg Simmel's Philosophy of Money |
The Omicron Point Sociological Application of the Anthropic Theory / William Sims Bainbridge |
The Origins of Order and Disorder in Physical and Social Deterministic Systems / Alvin M Saperstein |
Preliminary Thinking About Methods / Part 2: |
Webs of Chaos / William F Stroup II |
Implications for Research Designs |
Chaos and Social Reality / R J Bird |
An Emergent Perspective |
Chaos and Pattern in Complex Systems / Ben Goertzel |
Conceptual Models And Applications / Part 3: |
Dynamics of Children's Friendships / Lutz-Michael Alisch ; Shahram Azizighanbari ; Martin Bargfeldt |
Short-Term Changes in the Domestic Division of Labor / Sara Horsfall ; Elizabeth Maret |
Intimations of Complexity |
Biological Foundations of Social Interaction / Gregory T Stevens |
Explorations of Nonlinear Dynamics in Arousal-Modulation |
Collective Behavior Following Disasters / Eve Passerini ; David Bahr |
A Cellular Automation Model |
Organizations and Constraint-Based Adaptation / Kakthleen M Carley |
Chaotic Behavior in Society / Kevin Dooley et al |
Adolescent Childbearing in Texas 1964-1990 |
So Where Are We Now? A Final Word / Raymond A Eve |
Foreword / Frederick Turner |
Chaos and Social Science |
Preface |
Emerging New Directions: Myths And Theories / Part 1: |
The Myth of Postmodern Science / Bob Price |
From Enlightenment to Chaos / Mary E Lee |