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Systems theory has had a major impact on social work since the 1970s and has been a subject of controversy for almost as long. It is conventional to distinguish two forms of systems theory in social work:
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general systems theory
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ecological systems theory.
There are also attempts to distinguish a third and separate stream of social systems theory based on Parsons’ sociological analysis of systems in society (de Hoyos and Jensen, 1985).
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© 1991 Malcolm Stuart Payne
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Payne, M. (1991). Systems and Ecological Models. In: Modern Social Work Theory. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21161-6_6
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