Societal System
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A Societal System is a social system composed of cognitive agents (typically humans) who rely on each other.
- Context:
- It can be composed of a Political System and/or an Economic System.
- It can range from being a Small-scale Societal System (such as a human family or household) to being a Medium-scale Societal System (such as an organization) to being a Large-scale Societal System (such as a nation state).
- It can range from being a Healthy Societal System to being a Stable Societal System to being an Unstable Societal System to being a Failed Societal System.
- It can (often) experience Social Change (such as social evolution or social revolution).
- It can follow Societal System Patterns.
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- Example(s)
- an Economic System, such as capitalism.
- a Political System, such as democracy, theocracy, and monarchy..
- a Nuclear Family.
- an Organization, and organizational patterns.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Sociological Systems Theory, Social Environment, Talcott Parsons, AGIL Paradigm, Action Theory (Sociology).