Systemic Intervention
Subtitle: Philosophy, Methodology, and Practice
By: by Gerald Midgley
Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking; Contemporary systems thinking
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781461368854; 9781461542018
Subjects: Methodology; Philosophy; Economics; Social sciences; Operations research; Systems theory
Description: This book aims to rethink systemic intervention to enhance its relevance for supporting social change in the 21st Century. It offers a new systems philosophy and methodology, focusing upon the fundamental importance of exploring value and boundary judgements as part of the intervention process. A pluralist practice is also promoted, and the reader learns how s/he can draw upon a wide variety of theories and methods to maximise flexibility and responsiveness during interventions. Four detailed examples of the practice of systemic intervention are also provided, each of which is used to illustrate a different aspect of the methodology outlined in the book.
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