「第三の道」へのシステム理論的アプローチ(大会報告論文:市場主義と社会システムの再設計)

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In this article, we will examine sociological implication of the "Third Way", which is proposed and led by a British sociologist Anthony Giddens. His argument about the Third Way is based on his opinion that we have to cope with risks and uncertainties of modern society, and on his sociological theory, especially on what he calls "institutional reflexivity", which means knowledge about society influence social institution reflexively, and which can be interpreted as a feedback loop of social system (or, societal system). In such a point of view, it is important what consists of societal system and what controls the system. According to Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory, the component of social systems is communication, and modern society is described as a comprehensive communication system (that is, societal system). From this perspective, control of modern society can be understood not as "social control" in a sociological sense, but as self-control or self-regulation of modern society.
2007-10-13