LEADER 04174nam 2200589 i 4500001 ssj0001796920 003 WaSeSS 005 20210119121751.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 170404s2017 enka sb 001 0 eng d 010 2017301378 020 1786350564 020 9781786350565 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0001796920 040 YDXCP |beng |cYDXCP |dBTCTA |dERASA |dOCLCQ |dKSG |dOCLCF |dUNBCA |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 lccopycat 049 EREENEHH 050 00 H97 |b.B675 2017 082 04 320 100 1 Boston, Jonathan, |d1957- |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Governing for the future |h[electronic resource] : |bdesigning democratic institutions for a better tomorrow / |cby Jonathan Boston, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. 250 First edition. 260 Bingley, UK : |bEmerald, |c2017. 300 xxxiv, 540 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 490 1 Public policy and governance ; |vvolume 25 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Intertemporal policy-making in advanced democracies: the risk of a presentist bias -- The presentist bias: conceptualizing and assessing the problem -- Probing the causes of the presentist bias -- The policy dimensions of the presentist bias -- Foundations for prudent long-term governance -- Countering the presentist bias: surveying the options -- A constitution for the future -- Committing to a better future: the nature, design, and limits of commitment devices -- Insulating decision-making from short-term political pressures -- Enhancing voices for the future -- the role of independent institutional advocates and guardians -- Advising for a better future: evidence, metrics, frameworks, and institutions -- Designing and embedding a strategic foresight capability -- Creating the political conditions for policy investments: enhancing trust, shared goals, and patience -- Towards a better tomorrow: enhancing the capacity of advanced democracies to navigate, shape, and protect the future. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 8 This book is about governing well for the future. It investigates the nature of, and the conditions for, prudent long-term democratic governance in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain world, the reasons why such governance is politically challenging, and how such challenges can best be tackled. In particular, it addresses the problem of 'short-termism' - or a 'presentist bias' - in policy-making; that is, the risk of governments placing undue weight on near-term considerations at the expense of a society's overall long-term welfare. As such, the book traverses both normative and empirical issues. The approach is primarily qualitative rather than quantitative. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 0 Policy sciences. |=^A4525 650 0 Political planning. |=^A25970 650 0 Public administration. |=^A1367 650 0 Democracy. |=^A3665 650 0 Politics, Practical. |=^A16105 650 0 Political leadership. |=^A165770 650 7 Democracy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 Policy sciences. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01068796 650 7 Public administration. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01081976 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 830 0 Public policy and governance ; |vv. 25. |x2053-7697 |=^A1344085 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=4717078 947 (OCoLC)ocn948826744 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 5553397