An information typology for the understanding of social systems

It is argued that we can improve our understanding of social systems by foc using on their informational processes. Recent developments, primarily in e volutionary biology, cybernetics and systems theory, suggest that informati onal processes are of at least two, and probably three, different types; an d that the interaction of these types can be seen as a basis for the self-c onstruction of social systems. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.