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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boston, Jonathan, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Bingley] : Emerald, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Public policy and governance ; v. 25.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.