1 Creating Social Systems (Gary S. Metcalf) -- 2 An Epic Learning Journey: From the Club of Rome to Dialogic Design Science and DEMOSOPHIA (Alexander N. Christakis) -- 3 Cybernetics of Governance: The Cybersyn Project 1971–1973 (Raul Espejo) -- 4 Systemic Design Principles for Complex Social...

Collective behaviors play a fundamental role in many scientific and technical disciplines. This book introduces the concept of Collective Being as a Multiple System established by processes of emergence and self-organization of the same agents simultaneously or dynamically interacting in...

We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor arefounded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-off betweenlaw enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfersare based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables mayappear positive. We...

CII Introduction: People are living longer and with this come increased costs of pensions, health and social care. Is the financial services industry as it is currently configured capable of supporting consumers in this difficult environment? How will it meet the needs of those who are often...