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02315aam a2200385 i 4500 001 57B6DBB874A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 006 m o d 007 cr#cnu---unuuu 008 190819s2019 mdu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019019934 020 $a 149858702X 020 $a 9781498587020 035 $a (OCoLC)1091368085 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d L2U $d YUS $d OCLCQ $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JA76 K326 2019 100 1 $a Kalu, Kalu Ndukwe $e author. 245 12 $a A functional theory of government, law, and institutions / $c Kalu N. Kalu. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Lexington Books, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 364 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The framework of functional theory -- State and government : ontology and function -- Structural functionalism : stable states and organizational forms -- The cybernetic state : of homeostasis, entropy, and feedback loops -- How institutions shape political action -- Behavioral paradigms in politics and institutions -- Law, justice, and jurisprudence -- Political reasoning and political judgement -- Governing the international commons : ecopolitics and the limits of regulation -- State and institutions as organizing symbols. 520 $a "This comprehensive analysis of functional theory and its applications in the analysis of states, governments, and institutions draws from an interdisciplinary orientation and creates a central premise of how systems seek the maintenance of stable states and how patterned orientations enable them to perform their functions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Political sociology. 650 0 $a Functionalism (Social sciences) 650 0 $a Sociological jurisprudence. 650 0 $a Public institutions. 650 0 $a Political science $x Methodology. $x Methodology. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kalu, Kalu Ndukwe. $t Functional theory of government, law, and institutions. $d Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019] $z 9781498587037 $w (DLC) 2019980414 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200505015657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57B6DBB874A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search