SOCIAL GAMING AND CONTROL BY DISLOCATIONS

Social gaming and control can be imposed by powerful political agents through impact dislocations at discrete points in time. Each dislocation represents a social or economic behaviour modification with a concomitant new subsequent socio-economic dynamics until the next dislocation. The over-all dis...

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Published in:International journal of general systems 1980-12, Vol.6 (3), p.139-153
Main Author: JUTILA, SAKARI T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
economic development
gaming
hierarchical control
impact dislocations
institutional economics
political science
regional science
social science
structural change
System dynamics
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Summary:Social gaming and control can be imposed by powerful political agents through impact dislocations at discrete points in time. Each dislocation represents a social or economic behaviour modification with a concomitant new subsequent socio-economic dynamics until the next dislocation. The over-all discrete sequence of dislocations experienced by a society, such as an interregional system of economic development, is generated by all the impacts imposed by all the agents of power as they game with each other and attempt to sway the over-all socio-economic process in a direction favorable to the particular goals and objectives perceived by each individual agent of power. Particular attention is given to the role of such social gaming and control in a hierarchical structure of an interacting interregional system of economic development.
ISSN:0308-1079
1563-5104
DOI:10.1080/03081078008934794