Governing for the future : designing democratic institutions for a better tomorrow / by Jonathan Boston.
By: Boston, Jonathan [author.]
.Series: Public policy and governance: v. 25.Publisher: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2017Description: xxxiv, 540 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786350565.ISSN: 2053-7697.Subject(s): Policy sciences | Political planning | Public administration | Democracy | Politics, Practical | Political leadershipDDC classification: 324 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 324 BOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016591 |
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1. Intertemporal policy-making in advanced democracies: the risk of a presentist bias -- 2. The presentist bias: conceptualizing and assessing the problem -- 3. Probing the causes of the presentist bias -- 4. The policy dimensions of the presentist bias -- 5. Foundations for prudent long-term governance -- 6. Countering the presentist bias: surveying the options -- 7. A constitution for the future -- 8. Committing to a better future: the nature, design, and limits of commitment devices -- 9. Insulating decision-making from short-term political pressures -- 10. Enhancing voices for the future: the role of independent institutional advocates and guardians -- 11. Advising for a better future: evidence, metrics, frameworks, and institutions -- 12. Designing and embedding a strategic foresight capability -- 13. Creating the political conditions for policy investments: enhancing trust, shared goals, and patience -- 14. Towards a better tomorrow: enhancing the capacity of advanced democracies to navigate, shape, and protect the future.