THE LAW OF REQUISITE HIERARCHY
A.Y. AULIN‐AHMAVAARA
(The University of Tampere, Research Institute for Social Sciences, Tampere 10 (Finland))
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Abstract
A cybernetic theory of hierarchical social systems is given, starting from an extension of Ashby's general theory of regulation and control to amplifying regulation. Regulation and control in human society are then discussed and the conditions for the existence of social classes and social hierarchy examined.
Citation
AULIN‐AHMAVAARA, A.Y. (1979), "THE LAW OF REQUISITE HIERARCHY", Kybernetes, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005528
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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