Synergy, cybernetics and the evolution of politics

International Political Science Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-119

  Corning, Peter A ^a  

^a Inst for the Stud of Complex Syst   (United States)

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EID: 0030304396     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251296017001006     Document Type: Article

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