This will also make evident the difficulty of attracting any consensus on the global problematique. Whilst it is possible to discuss these perceptual modes as models, a broader and more insightful discussion results from treating such models as part of a set of metaphors. Ordered array Problems can be viewed as constituting an ordered array, like atoms in a complex molecule, or like an opposing array of military units. To deal with obstacles they must be named and placed, preferably so that the hierarchies of importance are evident. Disorder and chaos Problems can be viewed as synonymous with chaos and disorder.
Problems are then too confusing to present any stable or orderly features.
Static structure Problems can be viewed as forming a static, semi-permanent configuration of elements, especially by those opposed to political change. This view would tend to be favoured by government agencies mandated to respond to particular problems over an extended period of time. The view is reinforced by legislation and regulatory procedures. The problems are seen to be unchanging or to change quite slowly. Dynamic structure Problems can be viewed as constituting a dynamic, in which the problems arise in the dynamic relations between non-problematique, static elements.