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Direct linkTrowler, Paul, Ed.; Saunders, Murray, Ed.; Bamber, Veronica, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
The "tribes and territories" metaphor for the cultures of academic disciplines and their roots in different knowledge characteristics has been used by those interested in university life and work since the early 1990s. This book draws together research, data and theory to show how higher education has gone through major change since then…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Differences, Higher Education, Social Theories
Peer reviewedKiel, L. Douglas – Social Science Quarterly, 1991
Discusses incorporating the dynamics of complex systems, as presented in the theory of dissipative structures, into models of evolving social systems. Considers the importance of instability and minor and random events and the limits of forecasting, generalization, and control. Concludes that the nonlinear paradigm represents a link between…
Descriptors: Change, Entropy, Higher Education, Human Geography
