Political Tool

“Solving political and societal problems: system analyses as a political tool. Using unemployment as an example”

It's a complex world.
This has become obvious through globalisation, demographic and climate change. They have an impact on many areas, while many areas impact them. Also in the specifics, many a thing is connected with one another.

With problems unsolved, new difficulties are created.
Coping with the challenge of complexity is a key task—for politics and administration as well. Should this task fail—regardless of the tremendous efforts spent—problems will remain unsolved, and new difficulties will emerge.

Help from strategic tools
This is where systems analysis comes in as a strategic instrument: it provides a structured overview of what caused the problems. It generates those cognitions through which problems may be solved with the least possible effort and minimal side effects. And, it forms the foundation for establishing early warning systems for critical issues.

Systems analyses support effective and efficient politics.
Based on its hands-on approach, this book demonstrates very evidently how this is done, taking unemployment as an example. The suitability of system analyses is not limited to major societal issues with systems such as the economy, education, social security, and healthcare: they are also highly effective for more specific problems like youth violence or rural depopulation or for local issues among which is urban development.

The course of systems analysis

  • Describe problem, goals and underlying system
  • Consider system elements and parameters
  • Identify interactions
  • Ascertain characteristics of the elements
  • Detect viscous circles, dynamics of success and self-regulating loops
  • Develop an implementation concept
  • Create an early warning system
  • Provide scenarios for non-influenceable elements

“Solving political and societal problems: system analyses as a political tool. Using unemployment as an example” Author: Andreas Becker, 108 pages, A4 Format, 41 Figures. Euro 22.00. ISBN: 978-3-8370-1983-4. Publisher: Books on Demand. Available in german language from bookshops and internet book stores.