Author | Bryen, Stephen David. author |
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Title | The Application of Cybernetic Analysis to the Study of International Politics [electronic resource] / by Stephen David Bryen |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1971 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3005-2 |
Descript | 147 p. online resource |
I: Cybernetic Analysis and Political Study -- Goals of the Study -- Deutschโs Cybernetic-systems Approach -- Cybernetic Themes -- Risk, awareness, consciousness -- Deutschโs Approach Applied to Political Study -- Storage, memory, will -- Decision making -- Steering and control -- Action and sustaining systems -- The Dynamic Quality of Deutschโs Cynernetic Approach -- Summary -- II: The Cybernetic Approach and International Politics -- Concepts of International Politics -- State of Nature concept -- Systems concept -- Determining the Character of International Systems -- Historical comparison -- Modelskiโs approach -- Riggsโ historical comparison -- Non-historical comparison -- Masterโs primitive society -- Kissinger and limited warfare -- Futuristic comparison -- Kaplanโs systems -- Cybernetic view of international politics -- International Action systems -- Consciousness and risk in policy choice -- Passitivity factor -- Summary -- III: The Cybernetic Approach and the Past -- Use of the Past -- Problem of Concealment -- A Nineteenth Century Action System -- France-Prussia in 1870 -- Cross-cutting forces -- Bismarckโs alliances -- Summary -- IV: International Political Systems and The Future -- The Present and the Future -- Rosecranceโs Environmental Approach -- McClellandโs Action System Approach -- Critique -- Summary -- V: Pathology and International Systems -- Introduction: Cybernetic Systems and Pathology -- Pathology and International Systems -- International Action Systems -- Maintenace -- Pathological Mixtures -- Nuclear Weapon -- Conclusions