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Advancing Futures Futures Studies in Higher Education

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James A. Dator, ed.

ISBN: 0-275-96945-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96945-5

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416 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 4/30/2002

List Price: $105.00 (UK Sterling Price: £72.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Praeger Studies on the 21st Century

Description: What is Futures Studies, what are the theories and methods underlying the field? What are its basic concepts and metaphors, and how is it related to other academic fields? These are the core questions addressed in this book by a comprehensive assembly of distinguished scholars. They explore the enigma of why Futures Studies, despite its growing maturity as an intellectual endeavor, after more than three decades of groundbreaking work, still struggles for institutional acceptance. Together these contributors paint a picture of Futures Studies not so much a product of the stale intellectual heritage of the 20th century, but as a vibrant harbinger of intellectual perspectives sure to gain wider currency in the 21st.

Drawing on their backgrounds in fields as diverse as political science, history, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, management, and human ecology, this international line-up of contributors includes world systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein, philosopher Peter Manicas, management professor Bill Halal, and industrial sociologist Arthur Shostak.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Jim Dator
Overviews and Histories
Making People Responsible by Wendell Bell
A Sociologist's Experience by Eleonora Barbieri Masini
The Future as a Sociocultural Problem by Reed D. Riner
Past and Future by W. Warren Wager
Uncertainty and Creativity by Immanuel Wallerstein
Futures Studies as a Discipline by Richard A. Slaughter
Explaining and Defining
Pedagogy, Culture, and Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah
Explaining the Past and Predicting the Future by Peter T. Manicas
Social Change and Futures Practice by Peter Bishop
Permanent Development of Futures Research Methodology by Erzebet Novaky
The Transformation of Futures Research in Hungary by Eva Hideg
Politics + Science = Futures Studies? by Mika Mannermaa
Teaching Futures Studies at the University Level by Jan Huston
Future-Oriented Complexity and Adaptive Studies by Kaoru Yamaguchi
Courses and Methods
Futures Studies in Pakistan: The PFI by Ikram Azam
A Generation of Futures Studies in Taiwan by Kuo-Hua Chen
Teaching Futures-Seeking Policy in Finland by Markku Sotarauta
A Journey to the Future in the UK by Graham H. May
Global Issues and Futures for Planners by Sam Cole
Planet Eaters or Star Makers? by Christopher Burr Jones
The Challenge of Teaching Futures Studies by Jordi Serra del Pino
Giving Images a Chance by Anita Rubin
Consulting and Teaching Through the World Wide Web by Paul Wildman
Postmodern Education: A Futures Perspective by David Hicks
Visionary Futures by Oliver W. Markley
Concerns and Issues
Producing a Better World by Ian Lowe
Co-Creating a Futures Studies Course with Unionists by Arthur Shostak
Educating the Economic Strategist by Ernest Sternberg
Prophets of a High-Tech Age by William E. Halal
Index

About the Author: JAMES A. DATOR is professor of political science and director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii, and a past president of the World Futures Studies Federation.

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