Foundations of Futures Studies, Volume 1: Human Science for a New EraTransaction Publishers - 408 من الصفحات Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures. It aims to demystify the future, make possibilities for the future more known to us, and increase human control over the future. This book summarizes and expands contributions of futurists to the envisioning power and well-being of humanity. Bell brings together futurist intellectual tools, describing and explaining not only the methods, but also the nature, concepts, theories, and exemplars of the field. "Foundations of Futures Studies "fulfills Bell's five main purposes for writing this two-volume effort: (1) to show that futures studies, like other fields from anthropology to zoology, exists as an identifiable sphere of intellectual activity; (2) to create a teaching instrument that can be used as a basic text for core courses in futures studies; (3) to futurize the thinking of specialists in other disciplines; (4) to contribute to the further development and improvement of futures studies; and (5) to provide tools to empower both ordinary people and leaders to act in ways that create better futures for themselves and their societies. Bell maintains that despite its sometimes doomsday rhetorical style and widespread use by special interests, futures studies offers hope for the future of humanity and concrete ways of realizing that hope in the real world of our everyday lives. It will appeal to all interested in futures studies, as well as sociologists, economists, political scientists, and historians. |
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... planning , coordinating , and integrating various U.S. government activities involved in homeland security . " ( Ital- ics and bold in the original . ) Moreover , the Commission recommended that the NHSA director have cabinet status ...
... plans to focus on it and , over the next twenty - five years and with the help of both American and West Indian graduate students and colleagues , I studied political development , social change and the future in most of the thirteen ...
... plans can go awry . Unex- pected things can happen to us . The future contains an element of uncer- tainty . Nonetheless , we do try to prepare for the future and to deal with its uncertainties . Moreover , in our everyday lives we do ...
... plans and projects ? What makes us successful in shaping or adapting to the coming future ? At any given time , what alternative courses of action are open to us ? What will be the future consequences of choosing to do one thing rather ...
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The Purposes of Futures Studies | 73 |
Assumptions of Futures Studies | 115 |
Is Futures Studies an Art or a Science? | 165 |
Methods and Exemplars in Futures Research | 239 |