The first volume in a new series exploring the work and legacy of C. West Churchman.
Features contributions from a range of invited authors including Russell L. Ackoff, Ken Bausch, John van Gigch and Norma Romm. The book presents papers that make the case that good governance is about thinking and practice that can lead to a better balance of social, cultural, political, economic and environmental concerns to ensure a sustainable future for ourselves and for future generations.
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Höhe: 242 mm
Breite: 164 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-0-387-27587-1 (9780387275871)
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to Volume 1: The Contribution of West Churchman to Sustainable Governance and International Relations.- C. West Churchman and the New World of Co-Design.- Some Notes with Regard to "Thought and Wisdom".- The Sytems Approach and Its Enemies Helps Us Find the Morality of a Revised Democracy.- Be Your Enemy.- The Social Significance of Churchman's Epistemological Position.- A Retrospective Structural Inquiry of the Predicament of Humankind.- Systemic IQ.- Information Systems Development as Inquiring Systems.- Pragmatism Meets Systems Thinking: The Legacy of C. West Churchman.- Churchman and Measurement.- Justifying Knowledge Claims.- Bush Tucker, Conversation and Rich Pictures.- Addressing Indigenous Australian Social Exclusion.- An Exploration and Extension of Churchman's Insights: Towards the Tackling of Racial Discrimination as a World Problem.- Designing a Replacement for the UN.- Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself.
