Critical Systems Thinking

Overview: A Taste for Research and Practice. Theory: What Is This Thing Called CST? (G. Midgley). The Ideal of Unity and the Practice of Pluralism in Systems Science (G. Midgley). Dealing with Diversity (W. Gregory). A Foucaultvian Reflection on Critical Systems Thinking (N. ValeroSilva). Methodology: Total Systems Intervention: Local Systemic Intervention (R. Flood). TSI as Critique: The Critical Review Mode (J. Wilby). Critical Creativity and TSI (G. Ragsdell). Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens (W. Ulrich). Systems Methodologies and Intervention: The Issue of Researcher Responsibility (N. Romm). A Framework for Assessing Participation (M. Brown). Practice: Commentary. TSI in North Yorkshire Police: Implementation and Evaluation (R. Flood, P. Green). Two Perspectives in a Voluntary Organization (C. Cohen). Reflections on an Action Research Project: Women and the Law in Southern Africa (N. Romm). Economic Recessions and Selfdeceptions: Messes in Collective Rationality (J. Oliga). Index.