Self-construction of desirable social systems

Kybernetes

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 949-963

  Espejo, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Organization; Social systems

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH AGENDA; SELF ORGANISATION; SELF-ORGANISING; SOCIAL REALITY; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0034422439     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920010342062     Document Type: Article

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