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The Social Fabric Matrix Approach to Policy Analysis: An Introduction

In: Institutional Analysis and Praxis

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  • Scott T. Fullwiler

    (Wartburg College)

  • Wolfram Elsner

    (University of Bremen)

  • Tara Natarajan

    (Saint Michael’s College)

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the Social Fabric Matrix approach to policy analysis (SFM-A) as laid out in Hayden (2006). This chapter is better understood as a “how to” chapter rather than as a more traditional summary or discussion of the rest of the contributions in the volume. The chapter describes the foundations of the SFM-A approach in general systems theory and instrumentalist philosophy. It then describes the process of building an SFM, and presents extensions of the SFM-A to normative systems analysis, analysis of time and timeliness, quantitative modeling, and social indicators. The chapter concludes with a brief summary of the rest of the chapters.

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  • Scott T. Fullwiler & Wolfram Elsner & Tara Natarajan, 2009. "The Social Fabric Matrix Approach to Policy Analysis: An Introduction," Springer Books, in: Tara Natarajan & Wolfram Elsner & Scott Fullwiler (ed.), Institutional Analysis and Praxis, pages 1-22, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-88741-8_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88741-8_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Gräbner, Claudius, 2015. "Formal Approaches to Socio Economic Policy Analysis - Past and Perspectives," MPRA Paper 61348, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Gräbner, Claudius, 2014. "Agent-Based Computational Models - A Formal Heuristic for Institutionalist Pattern Modelling?," MPRA Paper 56415, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Valentinov, Vladislav, 2015. "From equilibrium to autopoiesis: A Luhmannian reading of Veblenian evolutionary economics," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 143-155.

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