Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: The Why, What and AHow of A Social Systems Engineering -- The Very Idea -- Epistemic Notions on the Engineering of Social Systems -- Using Engineering Methods -- Into Real-World Applications -- References -- Part 1 Social Systems Engineering: The Very Idea -- Chapter 1 Compromised Exactness and the Rationality of Engineering -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Historical Context -- 1.3 Science and A Engineering: Distinctive Rationalities