This paper explores the social theories implicit in past, present, and future (envisaged) SD practice. Previous work on the theory of SD is first reviewed. A framework for studying social theories is then introduced; the assumptions underlying its axes discussed and the four paradigms of social theory which these yield described. Various grouping of SD practice are then defined and these are placed in the framework, primarily within functionalist sociology. Motivated by alternative paradigms, two new and potentially productive forms of practice are envisaged. The term “holon dynamics” is proposed to describe them both. These are subjectivist and they are described briefly along with the new type of research approach necessary to advance them.

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