Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself

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.

• Democracy
• Governance
• Policy
• Systems
• consciousness
• ethics
• philosophy
• politics

• California State University, Sacramento, USA

  John P. Gigch

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

  Janet McIntyre-Mills

Policies and ethics