Difference between revisions of "Convivial Systems"
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Service systems can be seen as a subset of the wider category of "social systems." A given service system provides one particular type of service, within the fabric of the more inclusive social system. | Service systems can be seen as a subset of the wider category of "social systems." A given service system provides one particular type of service, within the fabric of the more inclusive social system. | ||
| − | Principles similar to those describing a convivial service system can be used to describe a convivial social system. These principles can be used in the design of social systems. Some examples are given below. | + | Principles similar to those describing a convivial service system can be used to describe a convivial social system. These principles can be used in the '''design''' of social systems. (The dream of social '''design''' is a utopian project going back to early nineteenth-century thinkers such as [Saint-Simon], [Charles Fourier] and [Auguste Comte].) |
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| + | Some examples of convivial social systems are given below. | ||
===Convivial enterprise=== | ===Convivial enterprise=== | ||
