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 could then be used in the '''design''' of social systems. (The dream of | + | Principles similar to those describing a convivial service system can be used to describe a convivial social system. These principles could then 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Henri_de_Rouvroy,_comte_de_Saint-Simon the Comte de Saint-Simon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_fourier Charles Fourier] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Comte Auguste Comte].) |
Some examples of convivial social systems are given below. | Some examples of convivial social systems are given below. |