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Peer reviewedWard, Margaret – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Examines key "chaos" elements--operation of systems far from equilibrium, nonlinear causation and discontinuous change, patterns in apparent chaos, and self-organization--in relation to family systems theory. Although there are several parallels, chaos theory is better able to address change, inequity, and the occurrence of order and…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Family Relationship, Group Dynamics, Organization
Peer reviewedBraman, Sandra – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discussion of the impact of the use of information technology on democratic potential highlights the concept of the autopoietic state as a basis for determining appropriate communication policy principles in a network environment. Topics addressed include the relationship between information and power; systems theory; chaos theory; and the…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Communications, Computer Networks, Cybernetics
