National Political Adaptation in a World Environment: Toward a Systems Theory of Dynamic Political Processes

Abstract

Foreign policy behavior is viewed as being generated by adaptive national systems, and a language appropriate to this focus is introduced. The concepts surrounding Simon's notion of an artificial system provide one such vocabulary. Artificial systems may be thought of as a subset of general systems and are characterized by such concepts as goals, inner environments, outer environments, and interfaces. An adaptive national system is then defined consisting of domestic environment and the international system. Several additional components of adaptive systems are mentioned and some of their implications for national systems are discussed. (

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764877

Entities

People

  • Stuart J. Thorson

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Systems
  • Equations
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • New York
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • United States

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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.