Functional Theory of Government, Law, and Institutions

This comprehensive analysis of functional theory and its applications in the analysis of states, governments, and institutions draws from an interdisciplinary orientation and creates a central premise of how systems seek the maintenance of stable states and how patterned orientations enable them to perform their functions

List of contents

Ch. 1 The Framework of Functional Theory
Ch. 2 State and Government: Ontology and Function
Ch. 3 Structural Functionalism: Stable States and Organizational Forms
Ch. 4 The Cybernetic State: Of Homeostasis, Entropy, and Feedback Loops
Ch. 5 How Institutions Shape Political Action
Ch. 6 Behavioral Paradigms in Politics and Institutions
Ch. 7 Law, Justice, and Jurisprudence
Ch. 8 Political Reasoning and Political Judgement
Ch. 9 Governing the International Commons: Ecopolitics and the Limits of Regulation
Ch. 10 State and Institutions as Organizing Symbols

About the author

By Kalu N. Kalu

Summary

This comprehensive analysis of functional theory and its applications in the analysis of states, governments, and institutions draws from an interdisciplinary orientation and creates a central premise of how systems seek the maintenance of stable states and how patterned orientations enable them to perform their functions

Product details

• Authors: Kalu N. Kalu
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781498587020
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8702-0
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, International Relations, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Public administration / Public policy