The Politics and Science of Prevision

Governing and Probing the Future


Date

2020-05-28

Publication Type

Edited Volume

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Abstract

This edited volume inquires into the use of prediction at the intersection of politics and academia, and reflects upon the implications of future-oriented policy-making across different fields. The first part of the book discusses different academic perspectives and contributions to future-oriented policy-making. The second part discusses the role of future knowledge in decision-making across different empirical issues such as climate, health, finance, bio- and nuclear weapons, civil war, and crime. It analyses how prediction is integrated into public policy and governance, and how in return governance structures influence the making of knowledge about the future. The volume contributes to a better understanding of the complex interaction and feedback loops between the processes of creating knowledge about the future and the application of this future knowledge in public policy and governance. Publisher's Website

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published

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Routledge

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1st Edition

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Subject

Policy-making; Politics; International Relations

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03515 - Wenger, Andreas / Wenger, Andreas check_circle

Notes

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 licence.

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