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Alternative Future Developments
Author_Brita Schwarz
Bertrand De Jouvenel
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Complex Real World Problems
Contemporary Society
decision making frameworks
Delphi Technique
Dynamic Mathematical Models
Energy Futures
Energy Policy
Energy Sources
Energy System
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Forecasting Purposes
Foxes Hunt
interdisciplinary analysis
Jonathan Gershuny
Long Range Perspective
Medium Term Forecasting
methodological issues
national futures research applications
philosophical issues
policy analysis techniques
Raw Materials Studies
research methodology
Scenario Method
scenario planning
scenario writing
scientific forecasting
Societal Legitimacy
Term Scenario
Transport Policy Debate
Transportation Study
Trend Extrapolation
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Product details
- ISBN 9780367020101
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 149 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The frequent appearance during the past decade of a variety of futures studies has raised a number of philosophical and methodological issues, as well as criticism of specific approaches. Is it in fact possible to study the future at all? How useful or scientific are the methods commonly used? Addressing these and similar questions, the authors of this book present three examples of futures research conducted at the national level of policy and decision making in Sweden, The examples illustrate the problems of applying knowledge during the course of a futures research project, the ways in which different methodologies interact, and various means of combining and adapting methodological tools and techniques. On the basis of comparisons of the studies, the authors discuss more general issues, including the role of prediction in futures studies, the discipline's impact on policy making, the usefulness of formal models and scenarios, and the problems of establishing research criteria. Although the authors emphasize that it is impossible to specify, much less prescribe, unique solutions to many methodological problems, they suggest guidelines for the conduct of futures studies, stressing that the value of any method depends on a particular project's organizational and policy-making framework and its objectives. The book includes a concise overview of the characteristics and dimensions of futures studies and the methods and analytical techniques available.
Brita Schwarz is director of research in systems analysis and planning at the Research Institute for National Defense and is also associated with the Economic Research Institute at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. Uno Svedin is assistant professor of physics at the University of Stockholm. Bjorn Wittrock is associate professor of political science also at the University of Stockholm
