Towards a post-foundational understanding of community

Kybernetes

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 689-702

  Barbesino, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEM THEORY;

AUTOPOIETIC SYSTEMS THEORY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0031361683     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684929710171462     Document Type: Article

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