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Measures of Social EvolutionIntroduction

Measures of Social Evolution: Introduction [If we define society as an expression of the relationships between a group of humans, it is no doubt that society has evolved—in the last 10,000 years or so from groups of nomads to developed nations. Here we introduce the problem of how to measure this evolution beyond just growth; what does it mean that two societies are different, and how can we measure such differences? This leads us to the question of what we consider to be the essence of society, and to the concept of a common infrastructure. Our understanding of this infrastructure, and its importance, is explored by means of a number of questions, and in the process of finding answers to these questions, both here and in the subsequent chapters, we shall find some significant indicators of social evolution.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Measures of Social EvolutionIntroduction

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Springer Singapore
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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
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978-981-16-1799-7
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1 –12
DOI
10.1007/978-981-16-1800-0_1
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Abstract

[If we define society as an expression of the relationships between a group of humans, it is no doubt that society has evolved—in the last 10,000 years or so from groups of nomads to developed nations. Here we introduce the problem of how to measure this evolution beyond just growth; what does it mean that two societies are different, and how can we measure such differences? This leads us to the question of what we consider to be the essence of society, and to the concept of a common infrastructure. Our understanding of this infrastructure, and its importance, is explored by means of a number of questions, and in the process of finding answers to these questions, both here and in the subsequent chapters, we shall find some significant indicators of social evolution.]

Published: Apr 30, 2021

Keywords: Evolution; State variables; Structure; Complexity; Economic measures; Common infrastructure; Inequality; Integration

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