Foresight: Volume 8 Issue 2
Strapline:
The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policyTable of contents
America still fighting the cold war in an era of global terrorism
Marvin Baker SchafferThe Second World War and the cold war led to a revolution in military affairs, but this article seeks to question whether the USA is equipped to respond to future conflicts in an…
Europe: gray hair and low growth
Michel Godet, Philippe DuranceThis paper aims to explore the links between demographics and economics and to show how European institutions (like the European Commission) and European policies are slowly but…
Converging applications for active ageing policy
R. Compañó, A.‐K. Bock, J.C. Burgelman, M. Cabrera, O. Da Costa, P. Mattsson, N. MalanowskiThis article attempts to match the future needs of older people with the possibilities arising from applications based on new technology.
Introducing a classification framework for prospective methods
Joseph VorosThe purpose of this article is to examine the nature and type of methods used in futures studies and foresight work which are explicitly concerned with creating “forward views”…
Public futures studies: themes and variations
Bruno HéraultThe paper aims to present an analysis of today's key themes in the field of public futures studies.
If humanity and the environment fail one another …
Jacques RichardsonThis paper seeks to summarize humanity's growing appraisal of cumulative transgressions against nature and how these may be proving reversible.
ISSN:
1463-6689Online date, start – end:
1999Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Ozcan Saritas