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Institutionalized Social Action: Control at the Program Level

In: Purpose, Meaning, and Action

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  • Thomas J. Fararo
  • John Skvoretz

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In this chapter, we set out and illustrate the principle that institutionalized social action can be represented in cybernetic terms as systems of if-then rules that generate coordinated social actions by multiple interacting persons. We explain how this approach draws upon both sociology and cognitive science, and how it relates to the control hierarchy developed by Powers (1973).

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  • Thomas J. Fararo & John Skvoretz, 2006. "Institutionalized Social Action: Control at the Program Level," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Kent A. McClelland & Thomas J. Fararo (ed.), Purpose, Meaning, and Action, chapter 5, pages 113-136, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-10809-8_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-10809-8_5
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