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The Future Is Ours Foreseeing, Managing and Creating the Future
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By Graham H. May
ISBN: 0-275-95678-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95678-3
272 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/1996
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Why do we continue to think about, imagine, and forecast the future despite believing we will probably be wrong? Why do we need to do so? What does "the future" mean, and how do we relate to it? Is it possible that Western societies condition their members into inability to cope with the future? These and other fundamental questions are explored in The Future Is Ours, which is written as an intermediate text for use in future-oriented modules within BA courses in International Business, Management, Urban Planning, and Environmental Politics.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The Futures Debate
  • The Future: Forgotten but Ever Present
  • Some Problems of Futures-Thinking
  • If It Is So Difficult, Why Do It?
  • Ways of Thinking About the Future
  • Introduction
  • Foreseeing the Future
  • Managing, Planning and Creating the Future
  • Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
  • The Future as Paradox
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-15310
LCC Class: CB158
Dewey Class: 303.49
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