NDLI: Dealing with coercion: Critical Systems Heuristics and beyond

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Midgley, Gerald
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	This paper begins with an introduction to the philosophy and methodology of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH). Following this, various citicisms of CSH are reviewed. One particularly important criticism is that CSH should not be seen as a replacement for other systems approaches, but as complementary to them. It is this idea of complementarity that has led several Critical Systems thinkers to take CSH, along with a number of other systems methods, and try to show that they are most appropriately used in different contexts. CSH, it is said, is at its most useful when we are confronted with coercive situations. However, in this paper it is argued that coercion is usually characterised by closure of debate. Therefore CSH, which depends upon the possibility of communication (or arbitration) between stakeholder groups, becomes redundant when coercion is experienced. It is further argued that coercion can only be addressed adequately by widening our definition of systems practice to include campaigning and direct political action. There is still considerable scope for developing these areas in the systems domain.
Starting Page	37
Ending Page	57
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08949859
Journal	Systemic Practice and Action Research
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15739295
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Critical Systems Heuristics Critical Systems Thinking planning coercion systems methodology methodological pluralism complementarism empowerment campaigning political action Business/Management Science Organization/Planning Methodology of the Social Sciences Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences Business, Management and Accounting

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