framework for the study of human organizations. For some time now such a
framework has been sought in the notion that societies are functional systems,
in which the individual sectors-economy, religion, government and so on-can
be seen as subsystems dependent on each other and integrated within a whole.
But in spite of the major advances in research which modern systems theory
has brought about, it is based inevitably on a priori assumptions which are
often at variance with the facts, or require the facts to be interpreted in a
special way to fi t the theory.]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:59:16 +0000 es Copyright 202 6BiblioEteca Technologies SL