Selection of organization at the social level: Obstacles and facilitators of metasystem transitions

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World Futures 45 (1):181-212 (1995)
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(1995). Selection of organization at the social level: Obstacles and facilitators of metasystem transitions. World Futures: Vol. 45, The Quantum of Evolution, pp. 181-212

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