1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455022303321

Autore

Walder Andrew G (Andrew George), <1953->

Titolo

Communist neo-traditionalism [[electronic resource] ] : work and authority in Chinese industry / / Andrew G. Walder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986

ISBN

1-282-35543-0

9786612355431

0-520-90900-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Disciplina

306/.36/0951

Soggetti

Industrial relations - China

Communism - China

Working class - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Communist Neo-Traditionalism: An Introductory Essay -- 2. The Factory as an Institution: Life Chances in a Status Society -- 3. The Party-State in the Factory -- 4. Principled Particularism: Moral and Political Aspects of Authority -- 5. Clientelist Bureaucracy: The Factory Social Order -- 6. Maoist Asceticism: The Failed Revitalization -- 7. From Asceticism to Paternalism: Changes in the Wake of Maoism -- 8. Theoretical Reflections -- Appendix A: The Hong Kong Interviews: An Essay on Method -- Appendix B: List of Informants

Sommario/riassunto

Based on official Chinese sources as well as intensive interviews with Hong Kong residents formerly employed in mainland factories, Andrew Walder's neo-traditional image of communist society in China will be of interest not only to those concerned with China and other communist countries, but also to students of industrial relations and comparative social science.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790057703321

Autore

Kauffman Stuart A

Titolo

The Origins of Order [[electronic resource] ] : Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1993

ISBN

0-19-770175-2

0-19-982647-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1575 p.)

Disciplina

575

577

Soggetti

Evolution -- Philosophy

Life -- Origin

Molecular evolution

Self-organizing systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Themes; Chapter 1. Conceptual Outline of Current Evolutionary Theory; The Emergence of the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis; Enlarging the Framework; Summary; Part I Adaptation on the Edge of Chaos; Chapter 2. The Structure of Rugged Fitness Landscapes; Chapter 3. Biological Implications of Rugged Fitness Landscapes; Chapter 4. The Structure of Adaptive Landscapes Underlying Protein Evolution; Chapter 5. Self-Organization and Adaptation in Complex Systems; Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Coevolving Systems; Part II The Crystallization of Life

Chapter 7. The Origins of Life: A New ViewChapter 8. The Origin of a Connected Metabolism; Chapter 9. Hypercycles and Coding; Chapter 10. Random Grammars: Models of Functional Integration and Transformation; Part III Order and Ontogeny; Chapter 11. The Architecture of Genetic Regulatory Circuits and Its Evolution; Chapter 12. Differentiation: The Dynamical Behaviors of Genetic Regulatory Networks; Chapter 13. Selection for Cell Types; Chapter 14. Morphology, Maps, and the Spatial Ordering of Integrated Tissues; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of n