Measures of Social Evolution - Erik W. Aslaksen

Measures of Social Evolution (eBook)

Macroeconomic Indicators of Social Stability
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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
X, 83 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-16-1800-0 (ISBN)
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This book extends a previously published model of social evolution by using macroeconomic measures to indicate both the current state of the society, and its evolutionary trajectory. This model considers society as a system of interacting elements evolving through stages of increasing strength of interaction and complexity of structure. It measures society in constituting the world collectively, with nation-states as the elements, here described through macroeconomic measures such as GDP, government expenditure, and inequality. The economic data presented indicates that this stage is  approaching the next evolutionary step, which is either the formation of a world society of nations, with an associated overarching common infrastructure absorbing some of the sovereign functions of nation-states as they exist today, or as a society of competing groups of nations, each bound by alliances and bilateral agreements. The book explores how the former faces great obstacles in the form of nationalism and a misunderstood concept of sovereignty, and poses that it is in an embryonic stage. The author poses that it is this structure that would be best equipped to handle common challenges, such as the environment and global warming, and topically, pandemics. A novel interdisciplinary text in social complexity, this book is of interest to researchers in socio-economic fields.



Erik Aslaksen experience covers engineering, physics, economics, and sociology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales and of the International Council on Systems Engineering, a Charter Member of Omega Alpha, the author of seven books, four book chapters, and more than eighty papers. Recent books include The Stability of Society (Springer 2020) and The Social Bond (Springer 2018) He has worked in the US, Switzerland and Australia, where he is currently based. 
This book extends a previously published model of social evolution by using macroeconomic measures to indicate both the current state of the society, and its evolutionary trajectory. This model considers society as a system of interacting elements evolving through stages of increasing strength of interaction and complexity of structure. It measures society in constituting the world collectively, with nation-states as the elements, here described through macroeconomic measures such as GDP, government expenditure, and inequality. The economic data presented indicates that this stage is  approaching the next evolutionary step, which is either the formation of a world society of nations, with an associated overarching common infrastructure absorbing some of the sovereign functions of nation-states as they exist today, or as a society of competing groups of nations, each bound by alliances and bilateral agreements. The book explores how the former faces great obstacles in the form of nationalism and a misunderstood concept of sovereignty, and poses that it is in an embryonic stage. The author poses that it is this structure that would be best equipped to handle common challenges, such as the environment and global warming, and topically, pandemics. A novel interdisciplinary text in social complexity, this book is of interest to researchers in socio-economic fields.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.4.2021
Reihe/Serie SpringerBriefs in Sociology
SpringerBriefs in Sociology
Zusatzinfo X, 83 p. 38 illus., 15 illus. in color.
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeine Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Makrosoziologie
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte Evolution of Society • group competition • Macroeconomic Indicators • Misunderstood sovereignty • Society as information
ISBN-10 981-16-1800-3 / 9811618003
ISBN-13 978-981-16-1800-0 / 9789811618000
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