John P. van Gigch is the Series Editor for the Book Series Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works which he was instrumental in getting started. van Gigch knew West Churchman as well as his family personally. Churchman wrote an Introduction for van Gigch’s Applied General System Theory which was published in 1974, with a Second Edition in 1978. van Gigch remained close to West Churchman after the latter retired from the University of California-Berkeley. Right to the end, they celebrated several of West’s birthdays together.
10 Ebooks by Janet McIntyre-Mills
Janet McIntyre-Mills: 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 bett …
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€106.99
John P. van Gigch: Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management:
In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management: A Critique and Analysis of Churchman’s Systems Approach, the 2nd volume of the series entitled Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributio …
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€234.33
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Systemic Governance and Accountability
Systemic Governance addresses accounting and accountability and develops conceptual tools to enhance the capacity of policy makers and managers. The structures and processes of international relation …
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€149.79
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Transformation from Wall Street to Wellbeing
Transformation from Wall Street to Well-being: Joining up the dots through Participatory democracy and governance to mitigate the causes and adapt to the effects of climate change addresses …
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€53.49
Janet McIntyre-Mills & Norma R. A. Romm: Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons
This book promotes the well-being of the commons through representation and accountability through monitoring from below in order to operationalize engagement. This book views the commons as a legal …
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€149.79
Janet McIntyre-Mills & Norma R. A. Romm: Mixed Methods and Cross Disciplinary Research
This book uses mixed methods to extend the concept of “wellbeing stocks” to refer to dynamic ways of working with others. It addresses metaphors and praxis for weaving together strands of experience. …
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€139.09
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Systemic Ethics and Non-Anthropocentric Stewardship
This book makes a case for rights and responsibilities to be expressed through a cosmopolitan praxis based on developing strong cosmopolitan approaches. This developed approach respects a form of …
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€53.49
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Planetary Passport
This book explores the implications of knowing our place in the universe and recognising our hybridity. It is a series of self-reflections and essays drawing on many diverse ways of knowing. The book …
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€96.29
Janet McIntyre-Mills & Norma Romm: Balancing Individualism and Collectivism
This book addresses the social and environmental justice challenge to live sustainably and well. It considers the consequences of our social, economic and environmental policy and governance decision …
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€96.29
Janet McIntyre-Mills: Critical Systemic Praxis for Social and Environmental Justice
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 …
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€111.67
