Governing for the Future
Designing Democratic Institutions for a Better Tomorrow
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
Published:9th Nov '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 particular, it addresses the problem of ‘short-termism’ – or a ‘presentist bias’ – in policy-making; that is, the risk of governments placing undue weight on near-term considerations at the expense of a society’s overall long-term welfare. As such, the book traverses both normative and empirical issues. The approach is primarily qualitative rather than quantitative.
Boston presents readers with a comprehensive investigation of the nature of prudent, long-term democratic government and the conditions for it to succeed in a fast-changing, complex, and challenging world. The author has organized the fourteen chapters that make up the main body of his text in four parts devoted to the challenge of long-term democratic governance, principles and proposals for improving long-term democratic governance, assessing the options for improving long-term democratic governance, and taking care of tomorrow today. The author is a faculty member of the Victorian University of Wellington, New Zealand. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
ISBN: 9781786350565
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 868g
576 pages