Sandor B. Brent

• Acknowledgements. General Introduction. Part 1: Form, Function, and Organization: The Statics of Structural Theory 1. The Concept of Structure 2. Function and Content 3. Macroeconomic Form and Microcosmic Form and Microcosmic Constraint 4. Hierarchic Forms of Organization 5. The Nucleate Form of Organization 6. The Concept of Organization Part 2: Energy, Activity, and Change: The Steady-State Dynamics of Structural Theory 7. Energy-Information Linkages 8. Stability, Form, and Flexibility 9. Confirmation, Information, and Adaptation 10. Activity States of a Structure Part 3: Growth and Development: The Developmental Dynamics of Structural Theory 11. The Concept of Development 12. The Levels-by-Stages Model 13. Some Controversial Issues Concerning Levels and Stages 14. The Orthogenic Ordering Principle 15. Primordial Integration: Independence, Coaction, and Interaction 16. Primordial Integration: Partial and Full Integration 17. Differentiation and Specialization 18. Change in Size and Change in Form. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Sandor B. Brent

• Acknowledgements. General Introduction. Part 1: Form, Function, and Organization: The Statics of Structural Theory 1. The Concept of Structure 2. Function and Content 3. Macroeconomic Form and Microcosmic Form and Microcosmic Constraint 4. Hierarchic Forms of Organization 5. The Nucleate Form of Organization 6. The Concept of Organization Part 2: Energy, Activity, and Change: The Steady-State Dynamics of Structural Theory 7. Energy-Information Linkages 8. Stability, Form, and Flexibility 9. Confirmation, Information, and Adaptation 10. Activity States of a Structure Part 3: Growth and Development: The Developmental Dynamics of Structural Theory 11. The Concept of Development 12. The Levels-by-Stages Model 13. Some Controversial Issues Concerning Levels and Stages 14. The Orthogenic Ordering Principle 15. Primordial Integration: Independence, Coaction, and Interaction 16. Primordial Integration: Partial and Full Integration 17. Differentiation and Specialization 18. Change in Size and Change in Form. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Sandor B. Brent

• Acknowledgements. General Introduction. Part 1: Form, Function, and Organization: The Statics of Structural Theory 1. The Concept of Structure 2. Function and Content 3. Macroeconomic Form and Microcosmic Form and Microcosmic Constraint 4. Hierarchic Forms of Organization 5. The Nucleate Form of Organization 6. The Concept of Organization Part 2: Energy, Activity, and Change: The Steady-State Dynamics of Structural Theory 7. Energy-Information Linkages 8. Stability, Form, and Flexibility 9. Confirmation, Information, and Adaptation 10. Activity States of a Structure Part 3: Growth and Development: The Developmental Dynamics of Structural Theory 11. The Concept of Development 12. The Levels-by-Stages Model 13. Some Controversial Issues Concerning Levels and Stages 14. The Orthogenic Ordering Principle 15. Primordial Integration: Independence, Coaction, and Interaction 16. Primordial Integration: Partial and Full Integration 17. Differentiation and Specialization 18. Change in Size and Change in Form. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Author Index. Subject Index.