Sociology and Complexity Science A New Field of Inquiry /

• Main Authors: Castellani, Brian. (Author), Hafferty, Frederic William. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Physics.; Differentiable dynamical systems.; Engineering.; Vibration.; Sociology.; Complexity.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88462-0

This book is the first to identify and review the new field of study, sociology and complexity scienceor SACS for short. SACS is comprised of five cutting-edge areas of research: computational sociology, the British-based School of Complexity (BBC), complex social network analysis (CSNA), sociocybe...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• SACS Toolkit - Theoretical Framework
• SACS Toolkit - Assemblage
• Overview of SACS
• Environmental Forces
• Five Areas of Research
• The System of SACS
• SACS Today
• Conclusion
• Mapping Complexity.