ABSTRACT
SLC is a relatively new concept, although its roots are old. It draws from traditions that ask questions about what makes a society successful and what change processes will lead societies to be more successful. Naturally enough these questions have roots in the disciplines that dominate the three societal subsystems: law, political science and public administration in the political system; economics and business in the economic system; and psychology, anthropology and sociology in the social system. Each asks questions relating to societal change. However, the responses are often highly problematic because they are not integrated with the other subsystems. In systems thinking language, they do not consider the feedback loops (adverse reactions, unintended consequences) from the other subsystems because they treat their own focal system as self-contained and independent.
