The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world / Egle Rindzeviciute.
Title:
The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world / Egle Rindzeviciute.
ISBN:
9781501706783
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Edition:
E-book edition.
Publication Information:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
The rise of system-cybernetic governmentality -- Grey eminences of the scientific-technical revolution -- Bridging East and West: the birth of IIASA -- Shaping a transnational systems community (1): networks and institutions -- Shaping a transnational systems community (2): family versus war room -- The East-West politics of global modelling -- From nuclear winter to the Anthropocene -- Acid rain: scientific expertise and governance across systemic divide -- The avant-garde of system-cybernetic governmentality.
Summary:
Chronicles the creation and work of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, an international think tank established by the U.S. and Soviet governments to advance scientific collaboration during the Cold War. Explores the impact of cybernetics and the systems approach on Soviet governance.
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Electronic Access:
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Interest grade level:
Adult.
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