Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences () is an
open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...
, free,
peer reviewed journal edited by
Douglas R. White at th
Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the
University of California, Irvine. The journal is part of the University of California
eScholarship collection.
''Structure and dynamics'' is the name of a subfield in the
social sciences, used particularly in
social anthropology
Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...
and
sociology, which connotes that while structure is an important concept in social theory, contemporary social theory has long since moved beyond
structural functionalism, which was identified with
Radcliffe-Brown and
Talcott Parsons. It is also an important subfield in the
complexity sciences.
See also
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List of social science journals#Anthropology
External links
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Open access journals
Sociology journals
Anthropology journals
Publications established in 2006
Social anthropology
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