Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index.
Emergence, complexity, and social science -- The third wave of social systems theory -- The history of emergence -- Emergence in psychology -- Emergence in sociology -- Durkheim's theory of social emergence -- Emergence and elisionism -- Simulating social emergence with artificial societies -- Communication and improvisation -- The emergence paradigm.
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Argues that societies are complex dynamical sytems that can be understood through the concept of emergence.