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Hardcover | 30 April 1993

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This book is based on a number of systems concepts, of which the following are emphasized here: oThe interacting systems of society and the environment are dynamic and evolution ary oEvolution of these systems carries them through stages of differential stability and instability, continuity and discontinuity oAssociated with evolution and instability is structural change that is essentially irre versible oThe present is a stage of world transformation that may not have been equaled for decades or even centuries oPolicies and decisions must match the times, in the present case the stage of world transformation The time 11:59:59 PM, approximately, on December 31, 2000 has an impor tant symbolic meaning. It marks the end of a minute, the end of an hour, the end of a day, the end of a year, the end of a decade, the end of a century, and the end of a millennium. The time and date provide a convenient yardstick against which we can evaluate the evolution of our thinking and the adequacy of our assumptions, mental models, paradigms, and policies. Will the beginning tum out to be appropriately dif ferent from the end? We hope that this book is helpful in such evaluation. This is a new-paradigm book, which both presents and advances the new way of thinking about the systems of science, technology, society, economics, politics, and the environment, and actively calls for the replacement of the worn out cognitive/sociotechnical paradigm.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Graphical & Digital Media Applications 3D Graphics & Modelling Politics & Government Central Government Central Government Policies Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Mathematics Applied Mathematics Business & Management

Operational Research Computer Science Artificial Intelligence

About the Editor and Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Policy Challenges in a World of Nonlinearity and Structural Change	p. 1
Policy in a World of Evolution, Learning, and Ignorance	p. 43
Adaptive Control and Conflict Resolution for International Stability	p. 65
Field-Theoretic Framework for Systems Theory and Systems Thinking	p. 103
School for Rulers	p. 139
Policy: Appearance and Reality	p. 175
System Dynamics and the Lessons of 35 Years	p. 199
Whole-System Concepts in Societal Transformation	p. 241
Breaking Out of the Systems Quandary	p. 275
Decision Management, Then and Now, 1790, 1890, and 1990: Selected Scenario Models	p. 297
Index	p. 345
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