Systems Methodology in Social Science Research : Recent Developments

I Foundations -- 1 Science, Systems Methodology, and the “Interplay between Nature and Ourselves” -- 2 On the Use of Structured Methodologies in General Systems Research -- 3 Fuzzy Systems Theory: A Framework for the Analysis of Humanistic Systems -- II General Methodological Approaches: The Theory/Data Interface in Social Systems Investigation -- 4 The Methodology of Q-Analysis Applied to Social Systems -- 5 General Systems Modeling of Conflict within Nations -- 6 Theory of Measurement of Impacts and Interactions in Systems -- III Systems-Based Tools for Social Science Research -- 7 Social Networks and Multilevel Structure: System Description and Simulations -- 8 Hypotheses behind the Sociological Interview: Test and Reformulation -- 9 A System Concept and Its Impact on Multiobjective Decision Models -- Name Index -- List of Contributors.