Systemic Intervention: Philosophy, Methodology, and PracticeThis 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. It includes four detailed examples of the practice of systemic intervention. |
Contents
| 1 | |
The Systems Idea | 21 |
Reductionism and SubjectObject Dualism | 39 |
Process Philosophy | 69 |
Why Methodology? | 103 |
Systemic Intervention | 113 |
Boundary Critique | 135 |
Theoretical Pluralism | 159 |
Why Practice? | 271 |
Community Operational Research | 279 |
Developing Housing Services for Older People | 289 |
Planning for Disaster | 309 |
Planning and Evaluating Diversion from Custody | 333 |
Developing Services with Young People Under | 367 |
Looking to the Future | 397 |
| 427 | |
Methodological Pluralism | 171 |
Mixing Methods | 217 |
Learning about Methodology and Methods | 243 |
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Systemic Intervention: Philosophy, Methodology, and Practice Gerald Midgley No preview available - 2012 |
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