Critical Systemic Praxis for Social and Environmental Justice Participatory Policy Design and Governance for a Global Age
The book develops a practical approach to public policy issues that have continued to be intractable because of a lack of emphasis on transcultural understanding. Sustained examples help to increase the readability and the accessibility of theory and methodology. The key themes address the issue tha...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2003, 2003
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
Series: | Contemporary Systems Thinking
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 3.1. Interactive Policy Design via Communities of Practice to Address Current Development Challenges
- 3.2. Governance, Management and Social Policy
- 3.3. The Complex Policy Context of Postwelfarism in a Remote Region of Australia
- 3.4. Implications for Social Policy and Governance
- 3.5. Reflection on the Theoretical and Methodological Orientation and Tools: Implications for Accountable Policy and Practice
- 3.6. The Nature of the Identified Complex Social Issues
- 4. Missionary, Mercenary, Misfit? Boundary Work and the Policy Research Process
- 4.1. Being Part of One’s Subject Matter and the Implications for Praxis
- 4.2. Entering the Field and Reflection on the Approach: Time, Space and Working the Hyphen
- 4.3. Location and Dislocation: The Space for Writing, Individuation, Recollection and Reflection
- 5. A Landscape of Multiple Cultures and Interest Groups: APanning Shot of Place
- 5.1. Cultures as Maps of Meaning
- 9.4. Building the Capacity to Make Sense of Data and Information for Decision-Making
- 9.5. The Contributions of CSP
- 9.6. Post script: Yeperenye Dreaming in Conceptual Geographical and Cyberspace
- 1. Introduction: Axial Themes United in Space and Time
- 1.1. The Relevance of an Ideographic Case Study and Narrative Approach as a Vehicle for Critical Systemic Praxis (CSP)
- 1.2. The Audience and the Relevance of Critical Systemic Thinking to Planning and Policy: Implications for Accountable Policy and Practice
- 1.3. Setting the Demographic, Socio-Cultural, Political and Economic Context of CS
- 1.4. A Mandala to Heal Divided Thinking: Narratives for Understanding Culture and the Tension Between Totalising and Critical Approaches
- 2. Participatory Design and the Heart of the Process
- 2.1. Introduction and Rationale
- 2.2. The Principles of PAR
- 2.3. PAR for Planning and Problem Solving
- 2.4. The Aim and Focus
- 2.5. The Indicators
- 2.6. Ethical Considerations
- 3. Globalisation, Citizenship and Critical Systemic Thinking for Policy Development Through Participation, Observation and Research
- 5.2. The Service Centre for the Remote Region
- 6. History, Citizenship, Life Chances and Property: Implications for Governance
- 6.1. Life in the Red Centre: Perceptions on Governance and Lifestyle: A Focusing Shot to Identify Key Issues
- 6.2. Drawing Together the Themes
- 6.3. A Historical Legacy of Colonisation and Marginalisation
- 6.4. The Local, National and International Context of Policy Decisions
- 6.5. Social Indicators of Well-Being and Life Chances
- 6.6. Physical and Mental Health Status Indicators
- 6.7. Health Services
- 6.8. Social Health Indicators of Poor Coping Behaviour, Alcohol and other Drugs
- 6.9. A Proposed Systemic Approach to Address the Causes and Effects of Alcohol and other Drugs
- 6.10. Environmental Health, Access to Services and Quality of Life
- 7. Systemic Approach to Address the Process of Commodification Rights, Reconciliation and Reality: Creating Opportunities for Participation and Spiritual Well-being
- 7.1. Social and Geographical Movement: Time, Space and Commodity-Exclusion as a Motivation for Land Rights
- 7.2. The Potential of Social Capital for Inclusive Governance
- 7.3. Development Approaches to Enhance the Life Chances of Young People and their Families
- 7.4. Promotion of Life Chances Through Enabling a Generative Learning Community Beyond the School Walls for Young People and their Families
- 7.5. Creation of Employment Pathways
- 8. Health, Education and Employment Articulating Axial Themes Through Participatory Design Processes
- 8.1. Resisting Commodification Across the Sectors of Health, Education and Employment
- 8.2. A Community of Practice
- 8.3. A Design for Participatory Governance
- 9. Conclusion: Addressing Complex Reality Systems, Barriers and Portals: Identity, Nationalism and Globalisation
- 9.1. Summing up the Challenges for CSP
- 9.2. Policy Suggestions and Interactive Design
- 9.3. Building and Sustaining Life-Long Learning