Governing for the future designing democratic institutions for a better tomorrow
This book is about governing well for the future. It investigates the nature of, and the conditions for, prudent long-term democratic governance in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain world, the reasons why such governance is politically challenging, and how such challenges can best be tackled. In par...
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| Main Author | |
|---|---|
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
c. 2016.
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| Series | Public policy and governance ;
v. 25. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781786350558 |
| ISSN | 2053-7697 ; |
| DOI | 10.1108/S2053-7697201725 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 540 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intertemporal policy-making in advanced democracies: the risk of a presentist bias
- The presentist bias: conceptualizing and assessing the problem
- Probing the causes of the presentist bias
- The policy dimensions of the presentist bias
- Foundations for prudent long-term governance
- Countering the presentist bias: surveying the options
- A constitution for the future
- Committing to a better future - the nature, design, and limits of commitment devices
- Insulating decision-making from short-term political pressures
- Enhancing voices for the future - the role of independent institutional advocates and guardians
- Advising for a better future - evidence, metrics, frameworks, and institutions
- Designing and embedding a strategic foresight capability
- Creating the political conditions for policy investments: enhancing trust, shared goals, and patience
- Towards a better tomorrow - enhancing the capacity of advanced democracies to navigate, shape, and protect the future.