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Systemic Intervention: Philosophy, Methodology, and Practice

Published 1 January 2000
Gerald Midgley
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Abstract

1. Systems Thinking for the 21st Century. Section I: Philosophy. 2. Why Philosophy? 3. The Systems Idea. 4. Process Philosophy. Section II: Methodology. 5. Why Methodology? 6. Systemic Intervention. 7. Boundary Critique. 8. Theoretical Pluralism. 9. Methodological Pluralism. 10. Mixing Methods. 11. Learning about Methodology and Methods. Section III: Practice. 12. Why Practice? 13. Community Operational Research. 14. Developing Housing Services for Older People. 15. Planning for Disaster. 16. Planning and Evaluation Diversion from Custody for Mentally Disordered Offenders. 17. Developing Services with Young People (Under 16) Missing from Home or Care. 18. Looking to the Future.

Keywords

Decision Sciences