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Towards a Social Ecology

Contextual Appreciation of the Future in the Present

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  1. F. E. Emery
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xv
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  2. The next thirty years: concepts, methods and anticipations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Planning and a Conceptual Basis for Predicting the Future

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 3-15

    3. Complexity Reduction

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 16-23

    4. The Early Detection of Emergent Processes

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 24-37

    5. The General Characteristics of Social Fields—Environmental Levels

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 38-56

    6. Adaptation to Turbulent Environments

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 57-67

    7. Active Adaptation— The Emergence of Ideal Seeking Systems

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 68-79

  3. Aspects of the transition to post-industrialism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Re-evaluating the Role of Science

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 83-90

    3. The Establishment of Problem-oriented Research Domains

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 91-102

    4. Collaborative Social and Technical Innovation

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 103-119

    5. The Relation of Welfare and Development: Systems and Ideo-Existential Aspects

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 120-136

    6. The Relation of Welfare and Development: Historical and Contemporary Aspects

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 137-155

    7. The Structural Presence of the Post-industrial Society

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 156-171

    8. The Cultural Absence of the Post-industrial Society

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 172-181

    9. Task and Contextual Environments for New Personal Values

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 182-189

    10. The Risk-Security Balance and the Burden of Choice

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 190-202

    11. From Planning Towards the Surrender of Power

      • F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist
      Pages 203-210

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 211-239
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About this book

Sir Geoffrey Vickers This book is described as a contribution 'towards a social ecology'. As such it is timely and welcome. The phrase is not yet familiar, the concept still imprecise; we need urgently to move toward a better understanding of it. The word 'ecology' began to become familiar outside scientific circles when human intervention in natural processes began to have effects so unforeseen, so dramatic and so disastrous as to make headline news. It might be infestation by an unfamiliar pest, like the rabbit in Australia; or soil erosion, from ill-controlled clearing and cropping; or pollution from fertilizers or industrial wastes; or urban proliferation; or toxic accumulation of pesticides. From the crescendo of such warnings, industrial man began to learn again what agricultural man learned long ago-that he is only one among many species, whose continued existence depends not only or primarily on competitive struggle but on most complex systems of mutual support, not less effective for being unconscious and unplanned. These are the kind of systems that ecologists study; so we look to ecology for light upon them.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards a Social Ecology

  • Book Subtitle: Contextual Appreciation of the Future in the Present

  • Authors: F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8082-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Company Ltd. 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8084-3Published: 02 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8082-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 256

  • Topics: Ecology

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