Hierarchy theory
Hierarchy theory is a means of studying
levels of organization and issues of scale, with a specific focus on the role of the observer in the definition of the system.[1]
Complexity in this context does not refer to an intrinsic property of the system but to the possibility of representing the systems in a plurality of non-equivalent ways depending on the pre-analytical choices of the observer. Instead of analyzing the whole structure, hierarchy theory refers to the analysis of hierarchical levels, and the interactions between them.
See also
- Biological organisation
- Timothy F. H. Allen
- Deep history
- Big history
- Deep time
- Deep ecology
- Infrastructure-based development
- World-systems theory
- Structuralist economics
- Dependency theory
References
- ^ Allen, Timothy F. H. (2001). "A summary of the principles of hierarchy theory". Archived from the original on 2001-12-18. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
Further reading
- Brooks, Daniel Stephen (August 2014). The concept of levels of organization in the biological sciences (Ph.D. thesis). Bielefeld: OCLC 942715109.
- Eronen, Markus I. (August 2014). "Levels of organization: a deflationary account". S2CID 145635601.
- Potochnik, Angela; McGill, Brian J. (January 2012). "The limitations of hierarchical organization" (PDF). S2CID 123858030.
- Ahl, Valerie; Allen, Timothy F. H. (1996). Hierarchy theory: a vision, vocabulary, and epistemology. New York: OCLC 34149766.
- Allen, Timothy F. H.; Hoekstra, Thomas W. (2015) [1992]. Toward a unified ecology. Complexity in ecological systems series (2nd ed.). New York: OCLC 920475391.
- O'Neill, Robert V.; Deangelis, Donald Lee; Waide, J. B.; Allen, Timothy F. H. (1986). A hierarchical concept of ecosystems. Monographs in population biology. Vol. 23. Princeton, NJ: OCLC 13526197.
- Allen, Timothy F. H; Starr, Thomas B. (2017) [1982]. Hierarchy: perspectives for ecological complexity (2nd ed.). Chicago: OCLC 967919711.
- Guttman, Burton S. (February 1976). "Is 'levels of organization' a useful biological concept?". JSTOR 1297326.
- OCLC 638741.
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