Kim Dong-Hwan

Understanding Society through a Systems Approach

Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences

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Produktbeschreibung

Kim offers an accessible, interdisciplinary textbook using systems theory as a framework to stimulate discussion about how the social sciences develop understanding of society and its evolution. It is designed for a wide range of students in sociology, politics and economics, encouraging interdisciplinary thinking and understanding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032735450
• ISBN-10: 1032735457
• Artikelnr.: 70240945

Autorenporträt

Kim Dong-Hwan is a Professor of Public Administration at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. In his youth, he was involved in information and telecommunication policy in Korea. During his mid-career, he authored several books in Korean, including "System Dynamics" and "Systems Thinking." In his later years, he served as the president of two academic societies: the Korean System Dynamics Society and the Korean Association of Futures Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Methodology of Social Science. Chapter 1. Target of Social Science:
Emergent Property. Chapter 2. Statics vs. Dynamics of social sciences.
Chapter 3. Method of Testimony. Chapter 4. Socialization vs.
Individualization. Part II. Frame of Social Science. Chapter 5. Four Realms
of Society. Chapter 6. Social Sciences of Four Realms. Chapter 7.
Institutions of Four Realms. Chapter 8. Public vs. Private Area. Chapter 9.
Value vs. Fact. Chapter 10. Competition vs. Corporation. Part III.
Mechanism of Social Science. Chapter 11. Resource Allocation vs. Conflict
Resolution. Chapter 12. Resource Allocation in Economy: Market Price
Adjustment. Chapter 13. Resource Allocation in Administration: Queueing
Mechanism. Chapter 14. The Academic Study of Queueing. Chapter 15. Spectrum
of Resource Allocation. Chapter 16. Conflict Resolution in Communities:
Spatial Separation. Chapter 17. Conflict Resolution in Politics: Temporal
Separation. Chapter 18. Spectrum of Conflict Resolution. Part IV. Dynamics
of Failure. Chapter 19. Market Failure: Public Goods. Chapter 20. Market
Failure: Unethical Market. Chapter 21. Community Failure: Welfare State.
Chapter 22. Cause of Community Failure: Commons. Chapter 23.
Self-governance by Communities. Chapter 24. Government Failure: Corruption
and Privatization. Chapter 25. Government Failure: NPM and NG. Chapter 26.
Political Failure: Coup d'état and Non-violent Resistance. Chapter 27. Rule
of Error. Chapter 28. Incrementalism vs. Revolutionism. Part V. Futures of
Social Sciences. Chapter 29. New Economics: Network Externality. Chapter
30. Revival of Community. Chapter 31. New Relationship between Community
and Administration. Chapter 32. New Relationship between Community and
Politics. Chapter 33. New Wine in New Wineskin - Visual Thinkers