In this Book
- The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 3: The Socio-Ecological Perspective
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army who developed a number of radical, action-oriented organizational innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group," since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic. At the post-war Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, they developed a pioneering mode of relating theory and practice, called in these volumes "The Social Engagement of Social Science." Previous volumes presented two of three interdependent perspectives: the socio-psychological (Volume I, 1990) and the socio-technical (Volume II, 1993). The latest volume, on the socio-ecological perspective, completes the set.
The socio-ecological perspective is concerned with the coevolution of systems and their environments. It considers the broader environment which shapes not only the task environments of socio-technical organizations but the institutional and cultural environment that confronts the individual.
Volume III focuses on nonhierarchical forms of organization facilitating inter-organizational relations in complex and rapidly changing environments. This perspective provides a guide to institution building for the future.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Volume III
- pp. 36-46
- Formulating the Perspective
- pp. 47-52
- Conceptual Developments
- pp. 95-98
- Passive Maladaptive Strategies
- pp. 99-114
- Active Maladaptive Strategies
- pp. 115-135
- Adaptive Systems for Our Future Governance
- pp. 264-278
- Methodological Developments
- pp. 279-282
- Causal Path Analysis
- pp. 328-335
- Planning and Policy
- pp. 413-416
- Systems, Messes and Interactive Planning
- pp. 417-438
- Planning for Real but Different Worlds
- pp. 470-487
- Policy: Appearance and Reality
- pp. 488-512
- Operational Papers
- pp. 513-516
- On Participative Democracy
- pp. 570-588
- Design and Change in Ship Organization
- pp. 589-617
- Futures—Probable and Possible
- pp. 635-636
- Paradigms for Societal Transition
- pp. 650-674
- Contributors
- pp. 697-698
- Subject Index
- pp. 699-712
- Name Index
- pp. 713-718
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1997