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Advancing futures : futures studies in higher education

What is Future Studies? What are the theories and methods underlying the field? What are its basic concepts, and how is it related to other academic fields? Why does Future Studies still struggle for institutional acceptance? These are the questions addressed in this work.
Print Book, English, 2002
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2002
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vii, 409 s
9780275969455, 9780275976323, 0275969452, 0275976327
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Introduction by Jim DatorOverviews and HistoriesMaking People Responsible by Wendell BellA Sociologist's Experience by Eleonora Barbieri MasiniThe Future as a Sociocultural Problem by Reed D. RinerPast and Future by W. Warren WagerUncertainty and Creativity by Immanuel WallersteinFutures Studies as a Discipline by Richard A. SlaughterExplaining and DefiningPedagogy, Culture, and Futures Studies by Sohail InayatullahExplaining the Past and Predicting the Future by Peter T. ManicasSocial Change and Futures Practice by Peter BishopPermanent Development of Futures Research Methodology by Erzebet NovakyThe Transformation of Futures Research in Hungary by Eva HidegPolitics + Science = Futures Studies? by Mika MannermaaTeaching Futures Studies at the University Level by Jan HustonFuture-Oriented Complexity and Adaptive Studies by Kaoru YamaguchiCourses and MethodsFutures Studies in Pakistan: The PFI by Ikram AzamA Generation of Futures Studies in Taiwan by Kuo-Hua ChenTeaching Futures-Seeking Policy in Finland by Markku SotarautaA Journey to the Future in the UK by Graham H. MayGlobal Issues and Futures for Planners by Sam ColePlanet Eaters or Star Makers? by Christopher Burr JonesThe Challenge of Teaching Futures Studies by Jordi Serra del PinoGiving Images a Chance by Anita RubinConsulting and Teaching Through the World Wide Web by Paul WildmanPostmodern Education: A Futures Perspective by David HicksVisionary Futures by Oliver W. MarkleyConcerns and IssuesProducing a Better World by Ian LoweCo-Creating a Futures Studies Course with Unionists by Arthur ShostakEducating the Economic Strategist by Ernest SternbergProphets of a High-Tech Age by William E. HalalIndex