Autopoiesis and Structuration Theory: A Framework to Investigate the Contribution of a Development Project to a Rural Community.
The social application of autopoiesis remains a topic of interest and debate. In the 40 years since the theory of autopoiesis was published, Luhmann's work dominated its social application. Other suggestions of combining autopoiesis with social theory, such as Giddens' structuration theory, have gon...
| Publicado en: | Systems Research & Behavioral Science Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 671 - 686 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2017
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