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Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself

Critical and Systemic Implications for Democracy

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Editors:
  1. John P. Gigch

    1. California State University, Sacramento, USA

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  2. Janet McIntyre-Mills

    1. Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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  • The first volume in a new series exploring the work and legacy of C. West Churchman
  • Features contributions from a range of invited authors including Russell L. Ackoff, Ken Bausch, John van Gigch and Norma Romm

Part of the book series: C. West Churchman's Legacy and Related Works (CWCL, volume 1)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to Volume 1: The Contribution of West Churchman to Sustainable Governance and International Relations

    • Janet McIntyre-Mills
    Pages 1-22

  3. C. West Churchman and the New World of Co-Design

    • Olov Forsgren
    Pages 23-30

  4. Some Notes with Regard to “Thought and Wisdom”

    • Janette Young
    Pages 31-41

  5. The Sytems Approach and Its Enemies Helps Us Find the Morality of a Revised Democracy

    • John P. Van Gigch
    Pages 42-54

  6. Be Your Enemy

    • Ken Bausch
    Pages 55-67

  7. The Social Significance of Churchman’s Epistemological Position

    • Norma R.A. Romm
    Pages 68-92

  8. A Retrospective Structural Inquiry of the Predicament of Humankind

    • Alexander N Christakis
    Pages 93-122

  9. Systemic IQ

    • Ian Mitroff
    Pages 123-149

  10. Information Systems Development as Inquiring Systems

    • Andrea Carugati
    Pages 150-164

  11. Pragmatism Meets Systems Thinking: The Legacy of C. West Churchman

    • David Matthews
    Pages 165-212

  12. Churchman and Measurement

    • Timothy L. J. Ferris
    Pages 213-225

  13. Justifying Knowledge Claims

    • Mike Metcalfe
    Pages 226-237

  14. Bush Tucker, Conversation and Rich Pictures

    • Janet Mcintrye-Mills, Douglas Morgan
    Pages 238-256

  15. Addressing Indigenous Australian Social Exclusion

    • Douglas Morgan
    Pages 257-288

  16. An Exploration and Extension of Churchman’s Insights: Towards the Tackling of Racial Discrimination as a World Problem

    • Norma R.A. Romm
    Pages 289-331

  17. Designing a Replacement for the UN

    • Russell L. Ackoff, Jamshid Gharajedaghi
    Pages 332-338

  18. Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself

    • Janet McIntyre-Mills
    Pages 339-365

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 367-370
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Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: Critical and Systemic Implications for Democracy presents papers that make the case that good governance is about thinking and practice that can lead to a better balance of social, cultural, political, economic and environmental concerns to ensure a sustainable future for ourselves and for future generations. The work is inspired by the thinking of C. West Churchman and forms the first volume in a new series: C. West Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works. The book features contributions from a range of invited authors including Russell L. Ackoff, Ken Bausch, John van Gigch and Norma Romm. The volume is aimed at academics, post-graduate students and members of professional associations working in the fields of systems sciences, public policy and management, politics, and international relations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • California State University, Sacramento, USA

    John P. Gigch

  • Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Janet McIntyre-Mills

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