Critical Systems Thinking

Theory.- What Is This Thing Called CST?.- The Ideal of Unity and the Practice of Pluralism in Systems Science.- Dealing with Diversity.- A Foucauldian Reflection on Critical Systems Thinking.- Diversity Management.- Methodology.- Total Systems Intervention.- TSI as Critique.- Critical Creativity and Total Systems Intervention.- Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens.- Systems Methodologies and Intervention.- A Framework for Assessing Participation.- Practice.- TSI in North Yorkshire Police.- Two Perspectives in a Voluntary Organization.- Reflections on an Action Research Project.- Economic Recession and Self-Deceptions.- Conclusion Preserving a Taste for Research and Practice without Recipes.