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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how humanitarian organisation size affects inter-organisational coordination and further tested the mediating role of organisational innovativeness, self-organisation in the relationship between humanitarian organisation size and inter-organisational coordination among humanitarian organisations in Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on cross-sectional survey; data was collected from 101 humanitarian organisations. The analysis of the proposed hypotheses was done with the help of PLS-SEM using SmartPLS version 3.3.0 for professionals.FindingsThe results show that humanitarian organisation size significantly relates with inter-organisational coordination. In addition, self-organisation and organisational innovativeness play a complementary role between humanitarian organisation size and inter-organisational coordination.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this research provide useful insights into the role of humanitarian organisation size in boosting inter-organisational coordination in humanitarian relief delivery. High levels of self-organisation and organisational innovativeness not only improve inter-organisational coordination in humanitarian relief delivery but also enhance the transformation of humanitarian organisation size benefits into inter-organisational coordination.Originality/valueThis research is one of the few studies that investigated the effect of humanitarian organisation size and inter-organisational coordination. It also brings into the limelight the mediating role of self-organisation and organisational innovativeness between humanitarian organisation size and inter-organisational ordination in humanitarian relief delivery.

Intro -- Titles Published -- Titles Forthcoming -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Hope and Disillusionment in Greece -- 2 What Socialism After Socialism? -- 3 A New Path to Self-Government -- References -- 2 "Revolution Is Not What the Revolutionaries Believe It to Be": Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 A Road for the Liberation of Workers -- 3 Analysis of Capitalism -- 4 Revolution -- References -- 3 Class Struggle and Women's Liberation: Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism, Class Initiative and Gender Autonomy -- 3 The Difficult Transition to Socialism -- 4 Class and Self-Government -- References -- Interlude 1: Resistance or Revolution? The Spanish Civil War -- 4 Self-Management and Communism: Paul Mattick (1904-1981) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and His Epigones -- 3 Mixed Economy and State Capitalism -- 4 Against Bolshevism, for a Workers' Democracy -- References -- 5 Workers' Struggles Under Neocapitalism: Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and Marxism -- 3 Monopolistic Capitalism: The Factory-Society -- 4 Workers' Control -- References -- Interlude 2: Lotta Continua: The Dilemmas of a Revolutionary Group Between the Hot Autumn and the Restoration of Capitalism -- 6 Revolutionary Reformism: Rudolf Meidner (1914-2015) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism and Democracy -- 3 Beyond Private Property -- 4 The Debate Over the Wage Earner Funds and Their Neutralization -- References -- 7 A Communist Theory of Politics: Nicos Poulantzas (1936-1979) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism and the State -- 3 Economic and Political Crisis in Monopolistic Capitalism -- 4 Seizing the State and Direct Democracy -- References -- 8 In the Midst of the Crisis -- 1 The Chilean "Laboratory" -- 2 The Legacy of 1968.

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to show how Niklas Luhmann's concept of self‐organization can be formalized using fuzzy logic. This approach is based on the shared assumptions of systems theory and fuzzy logic and focuses on natural language expression and the complexity of social processes. It involves modelling the operations of the system in relation to the fuzziness of the environment, that is, the transformation of environmental stimuli in gradual uncertainty to binary codes of communication. Based on these operations, it is possible to formalize their unified pattern, which shows the observation of past operations and the simultaneous observation of the environment. An example is given of the formalization of restaurant self‐organization in the Czech Republic during the Covid‐19 pandemic. The model illustrates and explains how the restaurant system reduces lockdown as an environment, in other words, how the system stabilizes its behaviour in a complex pandemic period.

The concept of self-organization has been used to interpret various complex issues and therefore becomes prevalent in many various academic domains. This paper presents the study urban transformation of a Chinese case Nanluoguxiang at neighbourhood level. Supported by questionnaires and interviews, we found out first, in comparison to the government-led urban development which is prevalent in China, Nanluoguxiang demonstrates characteristics of self-organization; Second, self-organizing transformation doesn't always lead to order, but sometimes go against socially desired outcomes. Third, the development of Nanluoguxiang case has shown that self-organizing transformation can work well with planning regulation, depending on the appropriate configuration of institutions. These findings with evidence from China will enrich the ongoing theoretical debate and clarify misunderstandings of self-organization in cities, in particular how self-organization plays a role in everyday urban development and how this relates to planning.