Complexity Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Change: Augmenting Systems Theory
Social work change processes are addressed in terms of complexity theory and nonlinear dynamics, adding the edge-of-chaos, as well as chaos to the entropy and homeostasis of ecosystems theory. Complexity theory sees the edge-of-chaos as valuable to living systems.A logistic difference equation is ut...
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| Language: | English |
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Indiana University School of Social Work
2007-05-01
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| Series: | Advances in Social Work |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/137 |