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While general systems research has had a considerable impact on research in the social sciences, this impact has been mainly conceptual and has not served to provide the operational and methodological aids for research which are possible.

From the beginning, the systems research movement has shown a high potential for offering a conceptual framework for the understanding of social systems.

From the beginning, the systems research movement has shown a high potential for offering a conceptual framework for the understanding of social systems.

This general framework allows a classification of a num ber of more specific structures, which include autocratic and democratic systems, systems with collective and individual decision making, and systems with and without coalitions.

While general systems research has had a considerable impact on research in the social sciences, this impact has been mainly conceptual and has not served to provide the operational and methodological aids for research which are possible.