The Modern Dilemma and the Challenge to Systems Thinkers

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-405

  Jackson, Wes ^a  

^a THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Dialectics; Extractive economies; Sustainable futures; Systems

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS THINKERS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0036375815     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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