UID:
almafu_9959232711902883
Format:
1 online resource (365 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7735-9600-3
Content:
Social engineering in the 20th century has brought about some large-scale changes in society, often the result of visionary social projects, and plans designed on a grand and ideal scale. Such plans have often extracted terrible human costs. Numerous failures have marked 20th century social engineering.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Matter --
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Table of Contents --
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Introduction --
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The Sociotechnical Paradigm --
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Sociotechnics: Basic Concepts and Issues* --
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Historical Approaches --
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Nixon’s Social Engineering --
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Sociotechnics and the Imposition of Martial Law in Poland --
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Empirigal Studies --
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Pavlik Morozov: A Soviet Case Study of “Dark” Social Engineering --
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Lessons From the Canadian Anti-Smoking Campaign --
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Sociotechnics and Values: The Case of a Canadian Aboriginal Land Claim --
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Can Sociotechnics Reduce Seismic Hazards? --
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Theoretical Advances --
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Social Design Methodologies Versus Efficient Social Action --
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Sociotechnics Under Authoritarianism --
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Self-Alteration in Social Prediction: When Does this Improve Predictive Accuracy? --
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An Action Basis of Social Theory: A New Paradigm for Designing Effective Organizations --
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On Sociotechnical Practice --
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Experts and Sociotechnics --
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Infoglut and the Canadian Policy Advisory System --
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Foucault’s Micro-Technics as Sociotechnics? --
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Elite Leadership of Collective Attitudes Toward Competitiveness: The Help Wanted Campaigns* --
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Index of Names --
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Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-88629-270-0
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9780773596009
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